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How a Vireo outwitted an intruding Cowbird. 
This cut is one of the illustrations from the life history of the cowbird, 
showing how a sharp-witted bird sometimes overcomes her enemies. 
“Inthe breeding season an unnatural mother may be seen skulking 
about in the trees and shrubbery, seeking for nests in which to place 
a surreptitious egg, never imposing it upon a bird of its size, but se- 
lecting in a cowardly way a small nest, as that of the vireos or warb- 
lers or chipping sparrows, and there leaving the hatching and care 
of its young to the tender mercies of some already burdened little 
mother. It has been seen to remove an egg from the nest of the red- 
eyed vireo in order to place one of its own in its place.” 
Quoted from one of nearly 4000 nature biographies 
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Section of a red-eyed vireo’s nest in which a floor has been 
cleverly placed above a cowbird’s egg 
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