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growth and raspberry bushes. The nest 

 was in one of the latter, about 3 feet from 

 the ground. It was well built. The founda- 

 tion was made of coarse grasses and root- 

 lets, lined with finer grasses and fibers. 

 It was not so bulky and much firmer than 

 that of some of our other Warblers. When 

 we came up the mother bird flew away, 

 revealing four downy young about three 

 days old. 



After taking a position near the nest, I 

 found that a blind would not be needed to 



Both birds shared in the work of feeding 

 the young and keeping the nest scrupu- 

 lously clean. At first, until the male became 

 accustomed to the camera, the female was 

 somewhat overworked, because she had to 

 feed the young and keep them warm, too. 

 He made up for his not working somewhat 

 by singing almost continuously from a 

 favorite tree nearby. The food brought to 

 the young consisted mostly of plant-lice 

 and the larvte of leaf-eating insects. — 

 C. W. Leister, Ithaca, N. Y. 



THE WHOLE CHESTNUT-SIDE FAMILY 

 Photographed by C. W. Leister Ithaca, N. Y., June 20, 1916 



watch and record the activities of the 

 Warbler family. The young were quite 

 small, and the mother bird soon came back 

 and began brooding them. Her parental 

 instinct quite overcame her fear of the 

 camera and of man, allowing me to come 

 within 3 feet of the nest and set up the 

 camera. With the male bird it was quite 

 different, for he would not come near the 

 nest unless I partly concealed myself in a 

 clump of bushes 10 to 12 feet away. A 

 string was stretched from the camera to 

 the hiding place, and most of the pictures 

 were taken by pulling it. 



The Bandit. — A Street Scene from 

 Birddom 



Walking in Virginia Park o#e morning, 

 I witnessed the following amusing little 

 scene in bird-life, illustrating the audacity 

 and impudence of the omnipresent Eng- 

 lish Sparrow. 



A Robin was working hard to get a 

 worm out of the ground. After much 

 picking, pulling, and jerking it finally 

 succeeded, and, raising its head high, it 

 held the worm in its bill ready to enjoy 

 a well-earned meal. 



