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be wasted, and she stood on my thumb and, 

 bending down, so that her head was inside my 

 hand, extricated the prize. Then she proceeded to 

 break it into pieces of suitable size, and with these 

 she fed her quivering and impatient little offspring. 

 During the morning I secured a few more photo- 

 graphs of these interesting birds, and then return- 

 ing the youngster to the bush whence I had taken 

 him, I left the pair in possession of their hillside 

 estate and returned to my home with abundant 

 proof of the tameness of my warbler friends. 



