. Bird lore . YOUNG COWBIRD AND BLUE-HEADEDVIREOS NEST A Domestic Tragedy 163 returned so I concluded all was well. Once more I tried to see if the male stillwould have confidence in me. I stroked his head, touched his bill, and still hemoved not a feather. That day I left the woods feeling quite proud that I hadmade the friendship of the long, but vainly sought Blue-headed Vireos. Thenext day Dr. Allen of Cornell and a friend visited the nest and were able tosecure photographs as evidence of the birds confiding nature. On June 16, about twenty days after the first time the male was seen incu-
. Bird lore . YOUNG COWBIRD AND BLUE-HEADEDVIREOS NEST A Domestic Tragedy 163 returned so I concluded all was well. Once more I tried to see if the male stillwould have confidence in me. I stroked his head, touched his bill, and still hemoved not a feather. That day I left the woods feeling quite proud that I hadmade the friendship of the long, but vainly sought Blue-headed Vireos. Thenext day Dr. Allen of Cornell and a friend visited the nest and were able tosecure photographs as evidence of the birds confiding nature. On June 16, about twenty days after the first time the male was seen incu-bating, Dr. Allen again visited the nest hoping to find a family of Vireos, butmuch to his amazement all he discovered was a Cowbird fledgling. What a dis-appointment ! Where were the young Vireos? No doubt, in our absence,another Cowbird had discovered the nest, and left the third bomb that resultedin this CROW ABOUT TO FEED YOUNGPhotographed by Guy A. Bailey, Geneaeo, N. Y.
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