. Bird-lore . A PAIR OF FLYCATCHERS BUILT THEIR NEST AMD REARED PHEtR YOUNG AT THEPLACE MARKED X IN THE ARM OF THIS DREDGE WHILE IT WAS IN OPERATION (139) I40 Bird - Lore about thirty feet away from the overalls,to await the return of the bird. I did nolhave to wait long before two of them camewith grass in their beaks. They flew leg. So when they both had gone to thefield after more material, I went up andtied the bottom of the leg. They then worked faster than ever. AN ASII-TIIKUATKD iLVCAlLllLR AAU II.:, A Li, i i.\^-PLACEIN A PAIR OF OVERALLS directly to the overalls; one clung to oneleg w
. Bird-lore . A PAIR OF FLYCATCHERS BUILT THEIR NEST AMD REARED PHEtR YOUNG AT THEPLACE MARKED X IN THE ARM OF THIS DREDGE WHILE IT WAS IN OPERATION (139) I40 Bird - Lore about thirty feet away from the overalls,to await the return of the bird. I did nolhave to wait long before two of them camewith grass in their beaks. They flew leg. So when they both had gone to thefield after more material, I went up andtied the bottom of the leg. They then worked faster than ever. AN ASII-TIIKUATKD iLVCAlLllLR AAU II.:, A Li, i i.\^-PLACEIN A PAIR OF OVERALLS directly to the overalls; one clung to oneleg while the other went in. I watchedthem for about an hour carrying materialinto their new home, but as fast as theytook it in it fell out of the bottom of the until about ii oclock, then started inagain in the afternocn at 2 and stoppedabout 5 June 17, the nest was fin-ished and partly lined with feathers. Onthe i8th they finished lining with feathers. Notes from Field and Study 141 On the iQth they were not seen aroundthe nest. The following day I was not at home,but on the 21st the nest contained twoeggs, and on the 25th four eggs. July 12, I heard young and saw theold birds bringing food. Only two of theeggs hatched. A week later or so, the old birds werestill bringing moths, butterflies, andlarvae to the young. They were seen butonce after leaving the nest, when theold birds were feeding them up in a tree.—Fred Gallup, Escondido, Cal. Mockingbird in C
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