The Cedar-Bird 



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a nestling, the parents either remove its body or abandon the 

 whole family. The latter course is seldom, if ever, followed 

 after the eggs have all been hatched. 



At this nest the young gave the call-notes repeatedly, but 

 the old birds usually approached without a sound, and were 



Fig. 54- After feeding the young the gullet empty. Notice 

 the " sitting " posture, and compare curves of throat in Fig. 53. 



never both at the nest at the same time. On the second day of 

 observation the mother bird was feeding the young before I could 

 set up the tent. Both birds came frequently, bringing black 

 cherries and grasshoppers. At each feeding the following order 

 of events was usually observed : the parent sounds the call-note 

 at a distance, to which the young reply, but observes strict 



