MR. AND MRS. CHEWINK 



The wet grass and foliage made it difficult 

 for the little mother to collect food, and I 

 thought that that would cause her to fall 

 back on the cup-cake. As soon as she found 

 the cake, she stuffed herself and carried a 

 load to her babies. I followed, and when I 

 had reached the nest she was feeding the last 

 of the cake. From what I saw, it was evident 

 that she had divided the food fairly. I re- 

 turned to the dooryard, and Mrs. Chewink 

 followed me. She passed by the cake to load 

 up with bread. The next trip was made up 

 of bread. The fourth and fifth trips were 

 gleaned from the flower garden. The sixth 

 trip was again made up of cup-cake. The 

 next trip she carried bread, and then I re- 

 moved the bread. When Mrs. Chewink re- 

 turned, she looked for bread, but did not offer 

 to take cup-cake in its place. She flew to the 

 garden and hunted up insects. I tried a great 

 many experiments with this bird, and I found 

 that she would not feed enough cup-cake to 

 injure her babies. When they were older and 

 stronger, she fed more cake to them. 

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