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side, tlioso also binding it to tlio IwijfH and Imiping l.o 

 iioid it on tho limb. So (irmly in tlio wlioK* i)ut toKt'tlit^i' 

 iind fastened to tho branch that no Hlorin can mikm* it 

 from KiH foundations. Nouo of tlio uwIh wdri^ hi(j;hor 

 than twolvo fcot from iliti ground, and tnw wtw onl.v eight 

 fiiot np. 'J'iicy wiM'd in neighboring treoH only about (ifty 

 yiirdH apart. 



On the tenth of March three noHtn contained two 

 and throe efj;gH roHpeetively ; incubation had begun, and 

 Hilenco reii^ned in Nui.erac^kor dump. Wiiieliever bird 

 happeniMJ to be on the nent wim fed by the otiier, and in 

 one iustanco 1 am poBitive that it wiih the l<Mnaie who 

 brouglit food to her \mdo. I judged tliiw booauHO of her 

 more tluHy, worn plumuge and heiivi(!r build. Inouha- 

 tion lasted eiglitoon days. The newly luitelied young in 

 thoHo noNts were naked and vc^ry dark bhuHh gray. I think 

 thoBO recorded by another olwcrver an " [tied black and 

 white " nmst have been tak(^n at a later date. VV'luin 

 two weeks (il<l tii(7 do look Honi(nvlint nmttled, though 

 I should doHcribe it m light and dark dusky rather than 

 black and white ; or possibly whitish and <hirk gray 

 would hit it iK^arer. Tliey w(W'(i fed on pinon iiutH, 

 which wore eiirried to tho lawt and Imlled by I he adult 

 while perched just outside on tho braneli. I eould not 

 discover that any other food was bronghl, tluiin. At first 

 this was given by regurgitation, but when the young 

 wore a U)W days old the food was suppli<^d to them 

 direct. 



As soon as they wore ready to hjave tho nest tla-y 

 wore coaxed by short lli^'lits to tho nut pinos, and readily 



