SMALL BIRD TALK 519 



chase by the humming-bird ? Over and over again 

 I have seen the red-eyed vireo chase robins away 

 from a certain location claimed by the smaller bird, 

 and I have never heard of 



A ROBIN ROBBING A NEST, 



but I do suspect that any bird which Hues on insects 

 would not hesitate to eat unprotected young birds. 

 Many young birds are little skinny, pink things 

 about the size of fat grub worms, and must be a 

 tempting morsel to birds which are 



NOT GENERALLY SUPPOSED TO BE CANNIBALS. 



After the young birds are feathered they are prob- 

 ably safe from the older birds of the neighborhood, 

 excepting, of course, the crows, jays, hawks and 

 shrikes. 



It is an outrage to call our beautiful oriole after 

 Lord Baltimore simply because, the latter, an off- 

 spring of an effete and dying aristocracy, 



HAPPENED TO CHOOSE THE ORIOLES' COLORS 



as a livery for his hirelings ; colors mind you, which 

 were worn by the bird before England had emerged 

 from the stone age, and if you listen to one of the 

 birds you will constantly hear him calling your at- 

 tention to the fact and asking for judgment; he 

 cries, "Look here, look here looker, verdict!" or 

 simply makes the demand for a verdict. 



ROBBING A ROBIN. 



The Baltimore orioles nest every year in the 



