Se iurus aurocanillus 
?/hitef ield, H.II. 
1397. This afternoon I paid another call on my Oven Birds. 
July 23. One of the old Birds began to chirp as I approached the spot. 
It was, however, some 40 or 50 feet from the nest, and I soon 
found out the reason. Y/hen I went to the nest, I found that 
the young had left it and they were without doubt near the 
spot where the old one was chirping. The nest was clean and 
untouched. I was surprised to find the interior of the nest 
so absolutely clean. The birds were good house -keepers. So 
the eggs were hatched and the young gone between the 10th and 
the 23rd. Prom the appearance of the young birds on the 16th, 
I judge that they must have hatched very soon after the 10th 
when I saw the eggs. The period from hatching to leaving the 
nest could not have been more than from ten to twelve days. 
The Oven Birds have been singing in great abundance during 1 
the first half of July, but since then to the present writing 
July 24th, I have heard hardly a bird. 
W A L T E R DEANE. 
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