. Bird lore . TOWHEE AND YOUNGPhotographed from nature by R. H. Beebe, Arcade, N. Y,. NESTS OF THE CASSIQUE (Ostinops decumanus)From a group in the American Museum of Natural History (I25) A Bit of Robin History By EUGENIA CHAPMAN GILLETTE, Lake Geneva, WisconsinWith photographs from nature by the Author THEY had gone to housekeeping the preceding summer in the hardmaple just opposite my window; and, though they built well abovethe level of the chimney-top, tragedy overtook them when theyoung were but half-fledged. The following season, they built where they could command the pro-tection of th
. Bird lore . TOWHEE AND YOUNGPhotographed from nature by R. H. Beebe, Arcade, N. Y,. NESTS OF THE CASSIQUE (Ostinops decumanus)From a group in the American Museum of Natural History (I25) A Bit of Robin History By EUGENIA CHAPMAN GILLETTE, Lake Geneva, WisconsinWith photographs from nature by the Author THEY had gone to housekeeping the preceding summer in the hardmaple just opposite my window; and, though they built well abovethe level of the chimney-top, tragedy overtook them when theyoung were but half-fledged. The following season, they built where they could command the pro-tection of their friends who had locks and keys. On Saturday morning,April 18, 1903, as I sat long at the breakfast table, idly watching theboughs blowing about in the high wind, my attention was attracted by apiece of white cord that came sailing across the upper sash of the I arose from the table the same, or a similar piece of cord blewacross that window for the third time. Then I bestirred myself, and wentout to see what wind was bringing us such an abundance of white string.
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