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the afternoon the young birds were quiet from 1 :45 to 1 :53, 

 when the second bird returned and twice fed each bird with 

 some animal food. It remained on the nest until 2 :15, when 

 the first bird came and fed the young, after which both pa- 

 rents flew away. 



July 25, 10:00-11:10 A. M. 



The first thing I noticed was that one little bird tried to 

 stand, and for ten seconds succeeded, holding its body up 

 above the nest. At 10 :45 a parent bird arrived and the young 

 stood up in the nest, leaning against each other. They were 

 fed blue berries, and then the old bird left and I examined 

 the little ones. They were larger than when, I saw them last: 

 on their breast the downy feathers seemed full grown, while 

 on their backs the naked areas were smaller and the tail feath- 

 ers were a quarter of an inch long. Two little birds stood and 

 flapped their wings, while one pecked at its wing feathers as 

 if to preen them. The four birds filled the nest so completely 

 that some nestlings were on top of the others. At 10 :54 the 

 second bird fed the young with blue berries, regurgitating 

 them. At 11 :06 the first bird brought a worm and fed it to 

 the little birds and then offered a berry which seemed whole, 

 to a nestling which refused to swallow it, so the old bird took 

 it out of this one's mouth and give it to another. 



July 26, 12:30-2:15 P. M., 4:00-4:30 p. M. 



When I began my observations the second bird was standing 

 at the side of the nest. Seven minutes later, the first bird flew 

 to a limb below the nest, where it stood for nearly a minute 

 with a blue berry showing in its mouth. It gave the blue 

 berry to the second bird, which broke it up and fed it to the 

 young. The first bird took no part in the feeding. At 12 :40 

 the little birds seemed to be sleeping and the second bird sat 

 still on the edge of the nest. Two minutes later the young 

 birds raised their heads and opened their mouths. At 1 :06 

 they stood up in the nest and the second bird flew away, but 

 returned in two minutes. The nestlings chirped as the parent 



