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Doth parents had stereotyped routes of approaching the nest 
and rarely deviated from them. This was to be expected as Ihey 
had been feeding the young at the time these observations were 
made, practically the normal time for the nestlings to remain 
in the nest, and they therefore had opportunity to establish 
regular habits. 
Attempts were made to study nests of red-lieaded woodpeckers 
and flickers but because of unfavorable location little result 
was secured. A flicker’s nest situated near enough to the ground 
to make blind work feasible was found. The nest, however, was 
beside a street in the city limits and interruptions were so fre- 
quent that the work was given up. By watching an hour one 
morning from across the street we found that the female remained 
on the nest almost constantly. During the hour the male came, 
entered the nest with the female five times, remaining from 
three to five minutes at each visit. He was evidently feeding by 
regurgitation as no food was ever visable in the beak. After the 
young birds left the nest the pair were frequently noted feeding 
the young by a regurgitative process. This continued for at 
least two days. 
The parent usually alighted upon the tree above the fledgling 
to be fed and the “ pumping ” was a comparatively easy process 
although always accompanied by considerable muscular effort. 
Once the male alighted below a youngster hanging nearly head 
down on a small tree trunk and the contortions resulting from 
the attempt were amusing to an onlooker though doubtless a 
very serious matter to the actors. Whether the youngster re- 
ceived any food or not I cannot say. 
Wood Be wee ( Myiochancs vircns v ireus.) 
During the spring and summer of 1915, while engaged in 
securing photographs of birds and nests for nature work in the 
schools, I was able to make a few notes on some of the birds 
while waiting for suitable poses and views. 
Among the most interesting of these birds was a wood pewee, 
whose nest, discovered on June 30, contained three eggs. It 
was saddled on a long straight limb of an elm perhaps fifteen 
feet from the ground and about the same distance from the trunk 
of the tree. The only foliage on this branch was a spreading 
spray of leaves several feet beyond the nest. One would think 
that a nest so located would be easily discovered but such was 
not the case. While conspicuously located it was cunningly 
