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low, as he slowly but surely swallowed the dragonfly, were 

 painful to watch ; it took about four minutes for it to entire- 

 ly disappear from view. For fifteen minutes this little 

 bird lay quietly in the bottom of the nest, at the end of 

 which time he again bobbed up, as hungry as ever. 



Fig. 164. VIREO ENTERING NEST. 



I show two views of another nest located in a little oak. 

 This nest is of the ordinary type, with a high rim all around 

 so that the sitting bird has to have her tail erect. The 

 black-bordered superciliary and maxillary lines on the bird 

 entering the nest from the rear, give its face a very peculiar 



