. Bird-lore . one, but it was probably the other one, because onlyone returned; it showed no alarm, and, when it heard the food-calls of theyoung, it flew directly to the perch we had prepared. To get the Chat feedingits young and determine the nature of the food it was bringing was not so easy,for while we were placing them upon another perch, the old bird came back andcaught us in the act. She told us very plainly in Chat language what she thoughtof such a proceeding, and waited two hours before she finally fed them and wesecured the accompanying photograph. Whether the Chats are as sensitiv
. Bird-lore . one, but it was probably the other one, because onlyone returned; it showed no alarm, and, when it heard the food-calls of theyoung, it flew directly to the perch we had prepared. To get the Chat feedingits young and determine the nature of the food it was bringing was not so easy,for while we were placing them upon another perch, the old bird came back andcaught us in the act. She told us very plainly in Chat language what she thoughtof such a proceeding, and waited two hours before she finally fed them and wesecured the accompanying photograph. Whether the Chats are as sensitive as this in all parts of their range I donot know, because there is a great deal of difference among individual birds. Ifwe can judge from the particular branch of the tribe that lives about Ithaca,however, we would say that shyness is a species characteristic more stronglydeveloped than in the Herons, Gulls, Skimmers, Doves, or any of the speciesthat have a reputation for extreme timidity. {To he concluded). A CHAT BEFORE LUNCH The youngster has waited two hours for this meal, and apparently registers disapproval. The Chat is the most difficult bird to photograph the writer has ever encountered Notes from a Traveler in the TropicsIII. FROM PANAMA TO PERU By FRANK M. CHAPMAN EARLY on the morning of November 14, the UcayaU of the PeruvianLine, left her moorings at Balboa and steamed slowly through the smallgateway in the submarine nets guarding the Pacific entrance to thecanal, which is closed nightly from 6 to 6 The beauties of PanamaBay with its islands, bare and wooded, the foothills and mountains of thesurrounding mainland, the white towers and red roofs of Panama remain tobecome common knowledge; while the history of this region, from Balboa toGoethals, makes as strong an appeal to the imagination as do its physicalfeatures to the eye. The waters abound with fish, and the air above them is correspondinglyalive with birds. Nowhere else have I seen Man-o-War B
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