parents in the big job of antic provisions for their five 
to nine young in this second family. Was it a big brotherly | 
or sisterly feeling that inspired them? Several trips were 
made to the nest and each time the company of birds were 
seen carrying food into the hole in the stump, and the 
wonder came, was this trait the cause of the group habit of 
the nimble wood midgets? Perhaps other observers may 
also find the young sharing in the spring work. 
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