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same day (August 5, 1900) I saw chicks half-grown and others apparently 

 just hatched. The photograph of the chick was one of those seen that 

 date. This chick was held on the hand till the camera was focused and 

 exposure made. It went about three feet toward the old one and then 

 stopped to feed before going farther. The old bird showed more fight 

 after the young one had safely returned to her than while we were hold- 

 ing and photographing it. The conduct of both adult and young, unless 

 alarmed, is about the same in the presence of men as that of ordinary do- 

 mestic fowls. Their food in summer-time is insects and young grass or 

 clover, in winter-time willow or birch buds. During the molt of August 

 and September some birds are too weak to Ry and can be caught, and they 

 must often become the prey of foxes and coyotes at that season. 



CHIMNEY SWIFT 

 Photographed from life, by R. H. Beebe, Arcade, N. V., July, lyoj 



