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Fig. 175. The male bird even ivent into the valise to feed the 

 little ones. Notice that he is now standing on the edge and one 

 youny is inside. 



assistant as much as I did at just that time. After much 

 running, dodging and climbing I managed to corral four of 

 them but I could find no trace of the fifth ; its mother had 

 led it away and left the father bird to look out for the ones 

 I had. 



If human children would obe_v their parents as beautiful- 

 ly as these little birds did. we would have a perfect world. 

 As soon as I got them perched on a branch he would tell 

 them to get off, — and off thej- would go, every one of them, 

 in four different directions. I did manage to get a few pic- 

 tures but not the ones that I wanted most to secure. The 

 male warbler was the most courageous little feathered mite 



