NESTLINGS OF FOREST AND MARSH 
keeping just underneath him in a way that 
suggested catching him in case of a tumble. 
In this manner he escorted him to a place 
of safety, and returned to the contest just in 
time to assist another fluttering youngster to 
reach port. Meantime the mother was 
guarding two on a bush fully one hundred 
feet away. We had waited too long. Their 
flight was strong and self-reliant, and there 
was no hope of inducing them to pose. We 
were obliged to content ourselves with a 
fledgling from another nest found later in 
the Spring. This little fellow was the only 
one at home when we called for him, his 
older brother having taken flight at our ap- 
proach. We coaxed him to sit still a minute, 
and then, having snapped the camera, we 
drove on. When we rode by two hours 
later, he was still posing in the same spot 
with a contentment indicative of wants well 
supplied, and we knew that his doting 
parents had not neglected him. 
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