July 10, 1905 
sitting facing the same way, side by side. They appeared 
fully grown and feathered and their bills were of full length 
and shaped like an adult's. 
The next morning when I visited the nest at 8 o’clock 
one of the young had disappeared. The other was perched 
on the rim of the nest, sitting very erect and still. I 
touched its back with a finger when it at once took wing, 
flying like an adult, very fast, and heading direct for the 
ridge-pole of the barn, where it alighted. I have not seen 
the old bird near the nest for two or three weeks. Forbush, 
however, has repeatedly seen her there and as late as yester¬ 
day he watched her feed the young by regurgitat ion. He 
also saw the young pick ants off the edge of the nest and 
eat them. A male Hummer, presumably the father of these young, 
has haunted the flower garden at our house (about 300 yards 
from the nest) during the entire season but he has not been 
seen at the nest. 
