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counterpart of their parents, but they looked much better than the latter 

 as their plumage was fresh and fluffy while that of the parents was con- 

 siderable frayed at the edges. The young climbed all over the stump, 

 even to its highest point. They were even more fearless than their 

 parents, indeed they had not as yet ever met with anything to cause 

 them to know what fear was. They allowed us to pick them up 

 without offering to try to escape. After we had made a number of ex- 

 posures of them as they climbed about the tree they were grouped at 

 the end of a limb as shown. My father then placed his hand on the end 

 of the limb, whereupon three of the little Downies of their own accord 

 immediately climbed to his coat sleeve and the remaining one was 

 placed upon his hand. Although some might claim that it was personal 

 magnetism that drew the little birds to him I think that their subsequent 

 actions will prove that they merely regarded him as a convenient step- 

 ping stone, for they one by one climbed to his shoulder and made their 

 maiden flight to the woods beyond- 



A few days later when we tapped gently upon the limb in which the 

 young Wrens were located, a wild scramble ensued, and six bright and 

 active little brown birds made a dash out into the world, some going 

 "between the fingers of the hand that was clapped over the entrance to 

 restrain them. The most diligent search under the stumps and'through 

 the long grass failed to reveal more than one of them. They scampered 

 through the grass like so many mice and hid themselves just as effec- 

 tively. The Chipmunk now has full possession of the apartment house 

 for both the Wren and Downy have moved away, not however before 

 they had completely exterminated the colony of bees. 



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