IDYLLS OF BIRD LIFE 
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female was present. In about ten days’ time the brood, was 
hatched. The little downy Bob Whites, comical to behold, fol- 
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lowed their parents about the ground, learning from both of 
them which berries, seeds and grasses they^might eat. As I was 
watching them one day the mother bird uttlered a shrill “wee 
teek” and instantly the whole bevy, as a flock is called in sports¬ 
man’s parlance, ran to the protecting wings of their mother. 
About a week later I again visited the nest. This time the birds 
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were nowhere to be seen; they had probably located in the 
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woods hard by, as the weather was unusually warm for this 
time of the year. 
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One evening while returning from a visit to my quail 
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friends, I heard the rich, mellow “cheo! cheo! cheo!” of a car- 
dinal in a willow that overhung the river. I followed the course 
of the stream about a mile. The surrounding country was a 
typical place for red birds and I heard no less than four of these 
sweet songsters during that whole glorious ride. I did not stop 
to investigate the haunts of this American nightingale, as it 
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as late in the evening, and I had to hurry home. The next 
day being Saturday, and I arose just as the first gray streaks 
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