PLATE V 
EXPLAXATIOX OF FIGURES 
16 Female, having fed young, in attitude of inspection, nest no. 3, July 26. 
About J natural size. 
17 Female in brooding and partial shielding attitude. July 25. 
Figs. 6 and 17 with full lens, Zeiss, ser. ii, a, in full sun, at distance of 29 inches. 
18 Brooding attitude, throat swollen, after rain, and wings partly spread, 
July 24, 12.53 p. m. : 1 sec. in dull light. About {- full size. 
19 Bird to right combing feather-tubes (bird no. 1, nest no. 3) 9.56 a. m., 
July 26. A minute later it jumped out of the nest, caught on a branch and pulled 
itself up; later dropped to the ground and made off. About \ natural size. 
