Bird Notes, Part 1, v658
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(123) 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