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shown the ways of the bird-world by their father 

 and mother. 



When the young are safely hatched out, 

 the parent birds have a very busy time, 



THE WILLOW WARBLER'S SUMMER HAUNT. 



and from three in the morning until nine at night 

 are constantly feeding their offspring. Every two 

 or three minutes either the father or mother enters 

 the nest with caterpillars or green fly for the hungry 

 youngsters, whose eager cries for more can plainly 

 be heard. 



