. The oist . d fierce;the little one—better not say little onefor they were about of equal size—opened its mouth and stretched itshead forward. With a dash the old birdthrust her beak down the youngstersthroat and gave two or three hastytwists,—and the feeding was over. Ido not think that it took a half young bird fiew away satisfiedwithout making a sound while the oldbird fiew back to the red-rabbit sage;but she was cross with the bumble-bees and took occasion to drive twoof them away from the fiowers. Of course, I suppose that the oldbird regurgitated some of the nectarthat she ha
. The oist . d fierce;the little one—better not say little onefor they were about of equal size—opened its mouth and stretched itshead forward. With a dash the old birdthrust her beak down the youngstersthroat and gave two or three hastytwists,—and the feeding was over. Ido not think that it took a half young bird fiew away satisfiedwithout making a sound while the oldbird fiew back to the red-rabbit sage;but she was cross with the bumble-bees and took occasion to drive twoof them away from the fiowers. Of course, I suppose that the oldbird regurgitated some of the nectarthat she had been sipping into thecrop of the young bird, but why didnot this young bird make some effortto feed itself, especially since it wasabout as large as its parent. 1 wentback to the nest to see if the young-ster had returned but there were nobirds to be seen around there and thenest was cold. This leads to the sup-position that Hummingsbirds may feedtheir young after they leave the nest. THE OOLOQI8T 141. Buffalo Creek in Midsummer —Photo by F. J. Pierce.
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