. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . n search of food. At last, after going therounds, he flew to the woodpile, and, meeting his mate, withtrembling wings he passed the gathered morsels over to herfrom his loaded bill. In a moment more, she flew to the nestwith the extra spread and fed the little crying babies, whichwere almost famished. The parents then alternated in theirvisits with food to the young, keeping up a constant feeding ANIMAL BEHAVIO
. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . n search of food. At last, after going therounds, he flew to the woodpile, and, meeting his mate, withtrembling wings he passed the gathered morsels over to herfrom his loaded bill. In a moment more, she flew to the nestwith the extra spread and fed the little crying babies, whichwere almost famished. The parents then alternated in theirvisits with food to the young, keeping up a constant feeding ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, WITH EXAMPLES thereafter. The various activities of the wrens, their greetings,and chattering performances, indicated the great deUght theyexperienced at again having their little fatally to care for. This narrative would not be complete without mentioningthat, in the midst of one of these bird reunions, one of thewrens paused sufficiently long to administer a scolding to ayoung red squirrel that Impudently came to a neighboringapple tree. There was something in the wrens scolding thatmeant determination, for the squirrel understood and imme-diately vanished in the tree 224 NATURE SKETCHES IN TEMPERATE AMERICA
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