62 PIGEONS AND ALL ABOTTT THEM. 



The wiiule care of the real parents is centered on the weak 

 youngstei, while if the foster parents are neglectful of the 

 other, it can get along very well for a day or two while the 

 weak one is " catching up. " 



.should this happen before the youngster is large enough 

 to band, tie a little thread around its leg, and mark on your 

 loft register a pencil nieniorandura. "bhifteii young bird, 

 thread on right leg, from pair 10 to pair 4. " Then when the 

 conditions of the two young seem equalized, put the orphan 

 back, take off the thread and put on your band. Enter it in 

 your loft register and erase the pencil memorandum. This 

 prevents all mistakes. 





