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but on returning to the cage, some noise frightened it, so it 

 flew away without giving any berries, much to their disap- 

 pointment which they expressed by flying against the side of 

 the cage and flapping their wings. At 1 :15 they were photo- 

 graphed, the cage being moved a few feet into the sunHght. 

 A noise made in setting the shutter was followed by their 

 chirping as if they expected food. In a minute a parent came 

 but flew off at sight of the camera. The young birds flew 

 against the side of the cage and at 1 :18 the parent bird fed them 

 blue berries in spite of the nearness of the camera. The young 

 birds were in the sun and seemed very warm. At 1 :40 a 

 parent fed them again. The noise of the camera caused it to 

 fly off, but it returned in five minutes and gave the young three 

 blue berries. At 2 :00 we replaced the cage. 



August 6, 4:20 A. M.-8 :15 P. M. 

 Before dawn came it was damp ,and foggy, but by noon it 

 became very warm and reached a maximum of 99.2 degrees 

 in the afternoon. At 4:25 the young birds were sleeping with 

 their heads under their wings. No birds were stirring except 

 the night hawk and the whip-poor-will. The young birds 

 stirred whenever a sound was made, but did not awaken until 

 5 :24. Four minutes later they stretched their wings and tried 

 to fly. During the day they ate the following food brought 

 by the parents: 



5:24 A.M. — 2 pin cherries 12:25 P.M. — 2 service berries 



6:12A. M.— 1 cherry 1:00 P.M.— 2 blue berries 



6:14 A.M. — 2 cherries 1:15 P.M. — 2 cherries 



6:21A.M. — 1 blue berry 1:25 P.M. — 2 cherries 



6:42 A.M. — 1 amelanchier berry 2:16 P.M. — 1 cherry 



6:59 A.M. — 1 amelanchier berry 2:28 P.M. — 1 cherry 



7:11A.M. — 1 amelanchier berry 2:35 P.M. — 1 blue berry 



7:53A. M.— 1 blue berry 3:25P. M.— 1 blue berry 



8:00 A.M. — 2 blue berries 3:39 P.M. — 2 blue berries 



8:28 A.M. — 2 cherries 3:43 P.M. — 1 blue berry 



8:30 A.M. — 3 cherries 4:30 P.M. — 2 cherries 



8:32 A.M. — 1 amelanchier berry 4:40 P.M. — 2 cherries 



8:50 A.M. — 1 blue berry 4:44 P.M. — 2 blue berries 



8 : 52 A. M. — 1 amelanchier berry 4 : 55 P. M. — 2 blue berries 



8:58 A.M. — 1 blue berry 5:12 P.M. — 2 cherries 



