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Fig. 119. She sometimes fed them great black ants. 



sumed their normal positions and the angry glint left her 

 eyes. She began to wonder what she had been making all 

 the fuss about anyway. I whistled softly to her and, after 

 looking at me steadily for a few moments, she answered in 

 the same tone. In a few moments more she cleaned the 

 nest and left with no concern for my presence. 



I had been on the wajf to photograph some towhees 

 about half a mile farther on but I decided to let the latter 

 go a day or two and set up my green tent beside the 

 Thrasher nest. I had it in readiness before she returned 



