. My studio neighbors. Natural history. 50 MY STUDIO NEIGHBORS nursery for a second family. But either supposi- tion is quickly dispelled as we further examine the nest; for in separating the upper compart- ment we have just caught a glimpse of what was, perhaps only yesterday, the hollow of a perfect nest; and, what is more to the point of my story, the hollow contains an egg—perhaps two, in which case they will be very dissimilar, one of delicate white with faint spots of brown on its larger end, the putting of the warbler, the other much larger, with its greenish sur- face entirely speckled
. My studio neighbors. Natural history. 50 MY STUDIO NEIGHBORS nursery for a second family. But either supposi- tion is quickly dispelled as we further examine the nest; for in separating the upper compart- ment we have just caught a glimpse of what was, perhaps only yesterday, the hollow of a perfect nest; and, what is more to the point of my story, the hollow contains an egg—perhaps two, in which case they will be very dissimilar, one of delicate white with faint spots of brown on its larger end, the putting of the warbler, the other much larger, with its greenish sur- face entirely speckled I with brown, and which, i-i - _ ' if ^ve have had any ex- perience in bird-nest- ing, we immediately recognize as the mischievous token of the cow-bird. We have discovered a most interesting curiosity for our natural-history cabinet—the embodiment of a presumably new form of intelligence in the divine plan looking to the survival of the fittest. It is not known how many years or centuries it has taken the little. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York and London, Harper & Brothers
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