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Rail, Virginia {continued) 



is precocial, but the parent helps it to find and select food. Com- 

 pare hen and chickens. The young bird is still in the down. 



Call no. 



Nu RV8 Female Carrying Young Bird in Its Bill. Brancliport. 

 (June 17, 1915) Burtch 



The young birds of the brood were removed from the nest to 

 a shallow depression in the ground. The mother came here for 

 them and carried them away into the grass. 



Nu RV9 Adult with Wings Extended, Balancing Itself on Wire 

 Fence. Renwick, near Ithaca. (June 19, 1910) Allen 



The fence was placed about the nest to keep the young from 

 scattering. It was, however, ineffective for the purpose, as the 

 old birds soon learned to jump over it and carry the young away. 

 The rail is a poor flyer. Note the short, round wings. 



Redstart {Setophaga ruticilla) 



A strikingly colored, fairly abundant warbler. Its food is 

 varied, there being few kinds of tree insects that escape it. 5.42 



Nu Rfl Female Incubating. Ithaca Hankinson 



Smaller than the sparrow. This picture makes both the bird 

 and the nest appear larger than they are. The bird nests in the 

 smaller trees or undergrowth of woods. 



Nu Rf2 Nest with Three Eggs. Onondaga Valley. (1903) Bailey 



The nest of this bird is cup-shaped and very neatly constructed. 

 This particular one is somewhat distorted in shape, the branch 

 to which it is so firmly attached having been pulled down for 

 photographing. 



Nu RfS Female Feeding a Young Cowbird. Ithaca. (July 22, 1909) 



Bailey 



The redstart shows as much concern when the young cowbird 

 is disturbed as if it were her own. 



For map showing distribution and migration of this bird, see 

 Nu ZM6, p. 166. 



