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Bird - Lore 



she had succeeded in completely readjusting herself to the new conditions. 

 From her original shy and timid self, she was metamorphosed into quite a 

 different type of bird, stolidly remaining seated upon her nest regardless of 

 sudden noises or the movements of people. Persons could now stand and 

 converse unheeded, though their heads were but a few inches from her. Even 

 the activities of our dog — formerly the cause of especial alarm — were calmly 

 observed by merely cocking her head over the edge of the nest. 



TWO PHCEBE POSIES 



In spite of fears we had entertained as to possible chilling of the eggs, the 

 babies were all successfully hatched. They were tended with utter fearlessness 

 by their parents, who now continually used the backs of veranda chairs as 

 resting-places en route to and from the nest. Persons — even whole tea parties 

 — were ignored, except that once or twice we thought we detected a tone of 

 .annoyance in the Phoebe's voice upon finding a favorite chair occupied! No 

 particular objections were raised by the parent birds when we wanted to ex- 

 hibit their little family to visitors, which was done by holding a hand mirror 

 above the nest. 



It happened that tthe rose bushes which bordered the veranda had been 



