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ANOTHER ARRIVAL, AND SUSPICION. 



would lead one 

 to believe that 

 there was, after 

 all, some observed 

 germ of fact in 

 the legend anent 

 St. Valentine's 

 being the birds' 

 wedding-day. At 

 any rate, I never 

 remember seeing 

 two great tits partaking amicably of the same 

 piece of food . before about the middle of 

 February. 



A source of great trouble and often downright 

 annoyance to a wedded pair of oxeyes feeding 

 from respective ends of the same cocoanut is 

 that whenever one bird puts its head inside to 

 peck, it darkens the interior, and makes its com- 

 panion withdraw in a state of alarmed suspicion. 

 The fourth picture 

 in our series was 

 secured at such a 

 moment, and in- 

 cidentally proves 

 the wonderful 

 fidelity of the 

 camera in record- 

 ing the ruffling of CONFIDENCE. 



