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bourhood, and that the starlings were making a tremendous 

 fuss ; he suggests that this was the real reason why the bird 

 went off). The bird uttered her alarm call, and during the 

 time she was uttering it the young in the nest were very 

 quiet; but as soon as she left off they recommenced their noisy 

 chatter. The bird finally came to the nest and departed after 

 feeding the young. 



10.22 Male arrived and fed young ; he announced his 

 arrival with a single " churck." 10.32 One of the parent 

 birds arrived ; could not see what was brought, but noticed 

 that the young raised the pitch of their note on the parent's 

 arrival. 



10.37 Male with small insects and larvae ; he was too quick 

 for certain identification of the food. 10.43 Young stopped 

 calling (This is really a very noteworthy event, for this brood 

 were quite as vociferous as the one referred to in 1914). 



10.44 Young resumed calling ; female arrived, fed them, and 

 then they became more vocal than ever. The female was 

 quite silent. The young are now about half the size of their 

 parents, and their crests are quite red. 



10.45 Male with insects and larvae, including what looked 

 like a large geometer moth of grey color (IBoarmia consortarid) 



10.52 Male fed young. I gave him a very quick instan- 

 taneous exposure, and at the " ping " of the shutter he 

 " churcked " for about half a minute, but did not leave the 

 nest ; afterwards became quiet and then left. The young 

 ceased calling while the male was speaking. 



10.55 One of the birds fed the young and popped off again 

 quickly. 11.1 Female, with some very small food. 



11.3 Male fed young, but hen came before I could move 

 and fed the young again. 11.10 Male, 11.15 male again, 

 followed immediately by female. 11.19 One of the 

 parents. 



11.20 Male again, followed immediately by the female, who 

 took no notice of the noise of changing the plates, and was very 

 leisurely. 11.29 Female again. 11.32 Male came. I tried 

 to get him to look up and stay still by calling and shouting 



