GOLD-CRESTED WREN. 



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them. The adjoining cut represents both the bird 

 and its nest, which is 

 almost as elegant a 

 specimen of bird- archi- 

 tecture as any that can 

 be found. 



As the young nest- 

 lings grow stronger, 

 and a short time pre- 

 vious to the period 

 when they are to bid 

 a final farewell to their 

 home, they do not re- 

 main in the nest to be 

 fed, as was their habit 

 in their early infancy. 

 They scramble up its 

 sides, and perching on 

 the edge, await the 

 arrival of their pa- 

 rents, and at their coming receive each its 

 proper portion. The young of the American 

 robin often leave the nest and perch upon the 

 surrounding twigs, as if they would go forth to 

 meet their parents on their return home. One of 



