. The Wilson bulletin . een helpings of banana as large as a good-sizedgooseberry, eighteen grasshoppers, two earthworms, threespiders, eighteen blueberries, twelve flies, two wild pears,four pin cherries, ten blackberries, and one-hundred-and-twenty ants eggs. In addition to this I found that some ofthe birds were picking up blueberries and blackberries forthemselves. They were perfectly healthy young birds. As time passed I was more and more astonished to see howbirds in the same nest differ in ability to fly, grasp food with thebeak, pick up food, timidity and friendliness. One of the young
. The Wilson bulletin . een helpings of banana as large as a good-sizedgooseberry, eighteen grasshoppers, two earthworms, threespiders, eighteen blueberries, twelve flies, two wild pears,four pin cherries, ten blackberries, and one-hundred-and-twenty ants eggs. In addition to this I found that some ofthe birds were picking up blueberries and blackberries forthemselves. They were perfectly healthy young birds. As time passed I was more and more astonished to see howbirds in the same nest differ in ability to fly, grasp food with thebeak, pick up food, timidity and friendliness. One of the youngbirds seemed very independent, often seeking a perch by him-self. The others generally cuddled down together and flewto the same perch. The smallest, up to the eighth day, wasalmost powerless to grasp anything with his beak; he relied^ At this season ants eggs were scarce. I found them in butone hill. At this date, however, the female grasshopper is verynourishing, being full of eggs. See Nature Study and ILrrnil Thrush, about seveu days oldPhoto by l<^mbert C. Osgood
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