husky demand, which was very Hinds more insistent than 
the clear call of his nest-mate, would often be heard from 
the roof of the house or from one of the ropes supporting 
the bird table. After he learned to feed himself his head — | 
would sometimes be seen peering .over the edge of the 
shingles to see if there was food in sight before he thumped | 
‘down. upon the table. Then would come a more timid cry © 
and the second youngster would join him, for ey had not — 
yet learned the solitary eating habit. | 
By this time the parent birds had a second nest full, 4 
and instead of taking a dainty bite with which they would 
retire to their leafy shelter, once more the bills would be 4 
loaded with as much as could be carried, and a straight 
flight was taken over the low shrubbery into the “tall — 
timber” of the next acre. Now the first brood of two : 4 
which were all that had escaped the infant mortality of 
birds in that first family, were made to shift entirely for | 4 
_ themselves, as the anxious a Perens took up again the spring | 
bird burden. 
In about two weeks a new group of three young birds 
were brought to the free lunch table and both parents took — 
part in the feeding process and in the education of their - 
long-tailed progeny. These young birds were continually | 
reminding the observer of human youngsters as they 
received their daily lessons in bird behavior. Their table 
etiquette had to be learned by much repetition, in about the 
same fashion as that of the two-year old of our own sort, 
-and the patience of bird parents could well be imitated by 4 : 
men and women. 
Once more the observer saw that the streaked brown 
_ birdlings were shown over and over again the food at their 
feet, before they learned that all they had to do was to stoop 
and pick it up for themselves. They often stood with droop- 
ing wings and gaping mouths, from which issued the | 
whistling, teasing call of hunger until one parent or the other 
yielded, Antik. sometimes the parents kept up a “help 
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