l6o Breeding Bay-fronted Mcadozv Stnrlings, 
peel, but after five or six days they got much darker. They d'li 
very well at first, but, as they got bigger, died off one by one 
until, after ten days, only one was left, I now began to supply 
mealworms, which were taken freely. The hen alone fed th-^ 
young, but the cock was generally close to the nest and was 
very excited when anyone examined the youngster. 
photo It'. Shore Baily. 
Bay-fronted Cow-bird Feeding Young. 
About this time another pair built a nest in a scotch fir. 
A very beautiful structure, also of closely woven iris leaves an 1 
svtspended from four hanging tendrils of ivy. A photo is 
reproduced below, but it is impossible to show the eggs, as the 
nest was so deep. The eggs in this case were deeper in colour 
than those in the first nest, and the spots were darker. I 
removed t^""^ of them to a Hedge Snarrow's nest iri another 
