4 THE ROBINS NEST. 
ALL FED BUT ONE. 
was only necessary to squeeze 
the bulb. At first the mother 
robin was disturbed by the click- 
ing of the shutter; she would 
turn and look intently at the 
little opening in the side of the 
barn where the camera was 
placed, and was sometimes so startled 
that she flew away. After a while, find- 
ing that no harm came from it, she 
became more quiet, but always 
showed that she was aware of the 
noise. We noticed that the father-bird 
was more easily disturbed and more 
ready to fly away at the slightest noise. 
The little birds paid no attention 
whatever to it, even after they had 
become old enough 
to walk out of the 
Mess 
While the mother- 
robin was sitting on 
the nest, before the 
little omnes were 
hatcimed and for 
some time after that, 
the father-bird failed 
to appear, and we 
feared that some ac- 
cident had happened 
to him, or that he 
was neglecting his 
family. After watch- 
ing a long time, he 
was heard singing in 
a neighboring tree, 
and we concluded he 
was not helping his 
mate as he ought. Possibly he 
thought that while the birds were 
very young the mother could 
take the whole care of them; o1 
it may be that he came when no 
' one was looking. After a while, 
| however, the mother-bird left the 
A LONG WORM, 
nest more frequently, and then the 
father-robin brought worms to the 
little ones. Only once during the 
whole watching did the two birds ap- 
pear together on the nest. 
The mcther usually sat in one posi- 
tion on the nest, looking ‘towards the 
house to see if any one was coming. 
Later on, after the little birds were 
hatched, she almost always ap- 
SATISFIED FOR ONCE. 
