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with the pair began one day in early autumn. 

 Both set up such a wild chatter as I approached 

 the grove that I first thought that something 

 was attacking them. Seated upon a log close to 

 the tree which they occupied, I watched them 

 for three or four hours. They in turn watched 

 me. Failing to dislodge me by vehement de- 

 nunciation, they quieted down and eyed me 

 with intense curiosity. I sat perfectly still. 

 Evidently they were greatly puzzled and unable 

 to make out what I was and what of all things 

 on earth it could be that I wanted. With beady 

 eyes they stared at me from a number of posi- 

 tions in several trees. Occasionally in the midst 

 of this silent, eager eying one would break out in 

 a half-repressed and drawling bark that was un- 

 consciously, nervously repeated at brief inter- 

 vals. 



The next day they silently allowed me to take 

 a seat. After a brief stare they grew bold with 

 curiosity and descended to the earth for a closer 

 investigation. Pausing for a sharp look, both sud- 

 denly exploded with wild chatter and fled with a 

 retchy barking to the tree-tops. In less than a 



