maturer stages of growth, apparently having profited 

 by their liberty and had secured a vaster quantity of 

 food than their very attentive parents could gather 

 for them while in the nest. 



While these notes were being gathered I made 

 daily visits to the nest during the early mornings and 

 thus was able to secure a few more sidelights on their 

 home life than is usually accorded an individual nest. 

 Also this is the most southerly nest of this species 

 which has ever come under my personal observation. 



Bloomfield, N. J., June 26th, 1914. 



