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they have. Now for details. I arrived at the little pool of water 

 by the roadside at about 3.15, and there was the male bird having 

 his bath. It required just thirteen minutes after I arrived for him 

 to finish his toilet. I required no glass to see him. I simply leaned 

 on the fence-rail and looked down on him. As soon as he had 

 finished he just quietly stole away without my being able to detect 

 him in the act. I then started for the nest. No one was at home 

 when I arrived but the babies; but four pair of bright little eyes 

 watched me intently, not at all alarmed, as shown by one of them 

 standing up and shaking himself. I then had a chance to see that 

 this one at least was feathered enough to show the prevailing colors 

 of the parents, not so bright, of course, a sort of dusky olive on the 

 back and the underparts of a buff tinge. I had been there but a 

 short time when one of the parent birds came with a mouthful of 

 green worms that were fed out to two of the nestlings, the largest 

 bird not being chosen this time. This was exactly 3.46 by my 

 watch. Soon both parent birds were busy feeding and until 4.45 

 the little ones were fed on an average every minute and a half. It 

 seemed to me also as if each parent fed the same two little ones all 

 the time. During the hour's observation there was not a sound 

 from either the old or the young birds. All the little ones stood 

 up to get their food, so I could see that they all showed about the 

 same color. Two, however, were quite a little larger than the others. 

 None of the little ones left the nest, but I have not the slightest idea 

 they will be there on my next call, and I may not see them again; 

 but I regard them now as out of danger." 



On his next visit, June 18, Mr. Caduc found the nest empty. 

 The young were being fed by one of the parents in a clump of trees 

 in a small clearing of the wood not far from the nesting-site. He 

 states: "I saw all four of the young birds, but only one parent 

 bird. The young were perched about three feet from the ground, 

 and when the parent bird appeared with food, they flew to her with 

 open mouths. If they made any calls, I failed to hear them. 

 Indeed, I cannot remember having heard a sound or call of any 

 kind from either of the birds since the day I found the nest." Mr. 

 Caduc brought the empty nest with him to Boston. He describes 

 the nest as not just like the one described by Mr. Burns in Chap- 

 man's 'Warblers,' stating, "I see no evidence of the lining being 



