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but an answer to me, especially as she showed no anxiety
as to whether her mate was coming, as she did not repeat the
call.
two
6:00 P.M. For the last few days I have seen Brown-eyes away
from the nest but a few times. It is true that, during this
period, my observations have been fewer in number than usual;
however, I have seen Green-eyes frequently and have a dis-
tinct impression that Brown-eyes is doing most of the work at
present.
(About noon Mr. Brock brought up two pairs of Bullock Orioles
which he caught recently and broke in to eat prepared foods.
We put them in the cage I have been making around the out-door
feeding station and they seem very happy and contented, going
to feed and bathe almost at once, and making no outcries and
nor doing no wild fluttering and seeking means of escape. One of
the males has sung once or twice. The cage is about 3 feet
high and a little over 2 feet square. It has the entire top
on hinges arranged so that it may be opened from a distance
by pulling a cord. In a few days, when we think they have
become accustomed to the surroundings and well acquainted
with the location and use of the feeding station, they will
be freed. During the afternoon the cage was visited by
wrens, wren-tits, linnets and humming birds, the latter being
especially curious about the phenomenon. At present the orioles
have a supply of apple, banana and soft food, all of which
they eat freely).
May 11 At 6:30 A.M. Green-eyes was in the court directly
not
below my bath room window. I have never seen him in this
territory before. He was picking up numerous very small objects
from the surface, which I could not see.
At 7:30 there was one bird in the nest; the other I