PLATE 6 
EXPLANATION OF FIGUKE 
20 Female brooding in dull light, when rain was beginning to fall. Nest no. 
3, July 24, 10.40 a. m. This bird came to the nest quietly, and without food, gather- 
ed her three young under her, to the neglect of the egg, which is seen brushed to 
one side, and brooded 15 minutes until called off by the male. 1. sec. with full lens, 
in very dull light, f natural size. 
