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than the other, and it is her picture that appears oftenest. The 

 timid one, — the male, — even went so far on several occasions as to 

 himself devour the worm he had brought rather than trust himself 

 at close quarters with the unknown enemy, although his mate was 

 at the time coming and going industriously and keeping the little 

 folk well supplied with the great larvae. Surely personal traits and 

 individuality are quite as well marked in the bird world as higher 



YOUNG CHICKADEES. 



in the scale ! After we had made several more exposures similar 

 to the first, one of the best of which shows the bird, worm-laden 

 as before, balanced on the edge of the hole and taking the usual 

 last look at the camera, we turned our attention to catching her as 

 she was coming out. This required quicker cooperation between 

 eye and hand, as the exit was generally made with a dash ; but the 

 accompanying picture, with head just emerging, will show that we 

 were fairly sviccessfal. 



Having concluded from all indications, chief among which was 

 the immense number of huge caterpillars carried in to the young. 



