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little things which seemed to be all mouths, 

 but they grew rapidly, and soon were covered 

 with black feathers. When the youngsters 

 were twenty days old the Naturalist was pre- 



The last of the you 



had left the nest. 



vailed upon to climb the tree a second time 

 and get a picture of the young ones. One 

 youngster died in the nest, whether from so 

 much competition he was unable to get suffi- 

 cient food, or for some other reason, the boys 

 could never quite determine. When they were 

 thirty days old the last of the young ones had 

 left the nest. 



Before their observation was completed 



