I noticed the female push its poor emaciated remains 

 out of the nest to the ground below. The other three, 

 however, grew with unusual rapidity and on the 25th 

 of the month were somewhat larger than the young 

 of Broods Number One and Number Three, both of 

 which were about uniform in growth, although there 

 was a difference of a day between the last two. Brood 

 Number Two disappeared about the same time as 

 Number One. 



Brood Number Three emerged from the shells late 

 during the day on the 6th and for two days were only 

 fed by the female, the male remaining in the close vi- 

 cinity but never approaching the nest closer than five 

 or six feet. However, at the beginning of the third 

 day the male began bringing food to the youngsters 

 and continued to do so for five days thereafter. At 

 this time, for some inconceivable reason, he took a 

 great dislike to his mate and their offspring and began 

 administering vicious pecks and jabs with his beak at 

 her and the young. She quickly took on a defensive 

 mood and after several hours of conflict drove him off 

 and kept him away, as whenever he would return she 

 would pounce upon him and he was glad to get away 

 from her sallies. The young of this brood progressed 

 with equal regularity with Number One and about 

 August 1st moved from the vicinity of the nest about 

 two hundred feet down the valley and here were seen 

 with the mother bird until the 15th when they also 

 disappeared. 



Bands of the American Bird Banding Association 

 were placed on all of these birds, including the fe- 

 males, which also had red, white and green cords tied 



