. American ornithology, for home and school . )laceshut up. This cut off all suitable places for building about the house, andbecause of the danger they were in on account of the cat, I almost hopedthey would seek some safer locality, but so persistent were they in theirsearch for some place about the house that would answer, that I took com-passion upon them, made a box and put it up in a safe place near where theytried to build the second time. So tame were they that within an hour afterthe box was in place, they were happily building again, and soon had a nestcompleted. Four eggs were depos
. American ornithology, for home and school . )laceshut up. This cut off all suitable places for building about the house, andbecause of the danger they were in on account of the cat, I almost hopedthey would seek some safer locality, but so persistent were they in theirsearch for some place about the house that would answer, that I took com-passion upon them, made a box and put it up in a safe place near where theytried to build the second time. So tame were they that within an hour afterthe box was in place, they were happily building again, and soon had a nestcompleted. Four eggs were deposited and in due time four little birds ap-peared. With much watchful care the parents were protected until theyoung ones were fully fledged, when one sunny morning they flew away toa great cherry orchard, where there was ample shade and an abundance ofdelicious food. The Jay of the coast country differs even more from his eastern cousinthan the Blue-bird. He is larger, much darker in color, and in conduct is 36 AMERICAN Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 37 m
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