. St. Nicholas [serial] . THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE ATTACHES A HANGINGNEST TO A BRANCH. rows are neatly lining a corner under a tussockor at the base of some pasture weed ; the queer NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 745 swifts are breaking off dead twigs for theircurious little glued-up bracket-nest in the chim-ney ; and the dainty, moth-like little humming-birds are at work on their tiny cradles of plantdown, lichens, and cobwebs. All birds havegreat individuality. Some of this is manifestedwhen they first arrive, but it is more marked inhome-building and the care of young. Eachkind has its own
. St. Nicholas [serial] . THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE ATTACHES A HANGINGNEST TO A BRANCH. rows are neatly lining a corner under a tussockor at the base of some pasture weed ; the queer NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 745 swifts are breaking off dead twigs for theircurious little glued-up bracket-nest in the chim-ney ; and the dainty, moth-like little humming-birds are at work on their tiny cradles of plantdown, lichens, and cobwebs. All birds havegreat individuality. Some of this is manifestedwhen they first arrive, but it is more marked inhome-building and the care of young. Eachkind has its own method of doing the regularhousehold duties that come with a growingfamily. What a task it is to keep that nestfulof yawning throats filled and quiet! Swifts fly through the evening air, open-mouthed, trapping insects, like young folkswith butterflv-nets. They store a quantity in. THE PHCEBE MAKING A NEST UNDER THE PROTECTINGEDGE OF A KOCK. their great throat before dashing home to tum-ble down the black chimney to their clamoringyoung. In the marshes, industrious little wrens aremaking their big round nests. Each nest has anopening down on one side. The parent birdsmay make or begin a dozen nests and use onlyone of them! The phcebes are making their beautiful nestsof moss and feathers under the rock ledges, theveranda roofs, or the country bridge. Later theywill be hunting flies for their cavernous littleones. The sly cowbirds are silently searchingfor nests in which to lay their unwelcome glossy, brown-headed blackbird that wesee in the pastures has a bad name, as the dull-
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