Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-07-10

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woods when said 70 my.
elf: There is nothing in the woods "
. down upon a rock. Then I lifted
up my eyes aud beheld a newly con.
sarueted crows nest In a hcmlock tree
near by The nest was but little above
the level Of the top Of a ledge Of rocks
oniy n few yards away that crowned
b rim of the valley. but IL wa placed
behind the stem Of the tree from the
rockS- so as 10 be secure from ohserva.
tion IN hat side. The crow evidently
iInew what she was about Presently |
beard what appeared q he the voice Of
"a young crow in the tree tops not
faroH. This | knew 10 be- the voice Of
the female aud that She was being fed
oy the male. Sha was probably laying,
or about beginning u las eggs in the
nest Crows. a. well as most Of our
smaller birds, always q through the re.
nsarSal of this Bet Of the parent feeding
ths young many times while the young
are vet n long way in the future. The
mother bird seems timid and babyish
and both in voice and manner assumes
h character Of a young hedgeling.
The male brings the food and seems
more than usually solicitous about her
s~velfare. Is Il to conserve her strength
tr To make an impression on the devel-
81 ing eggs? The same thing may be
observed among the domestic pigeons
afa4 IS always n sign that d new brood
Is not far OIL.
Whom The young do come the female
IL usually more active in feeding them
than the mal,. Among the birds ni
prrv. like hawks and eagles. the female
18th larger and more powerful. and
therefore better able 10 defend and to
scarc for her young Among all ami.
mails the affection of the mother for
her offspring seems to be greater than
thai ~ her mate, though among the
birds the male sometimes shows a
snH"raDundance Of paternal regard that
talts, in the young OF other species
Thus n correspondent sends me this
curious incident OF Il male bluebird and
sGzt Soung vireos: 4 pair of bluebirds
yyerc r~caring their second brood In q
ooa on the porch of my correspondent,
and a paT of vircos had n nest with
youHt IN sane lilac bushes but a few
fret away. The writer had observed
the ma3e biucbird perch in the lilaes
Neal the young vireos, and, he feared.
with murderous intent. On such
GTrcsIons the mother vireo would
rnoss among the upper branches
much ayitated. II She grew de.
MOI alive the bluebird would drive
ner AWAY. One afternoon the
'p!r''r:cr pulled away the leaves SC
"A urtnye n full view of the vireos' nest
MA the seat where he sat not ten feet
: ICY. Presently he saw the male
1tHsbird come ~ the nest with Il worm
- tfx bcak. and as the young vireos
81 etched mp their gaping mouths he
dropped the worm into one of them.
Then ne reached over and waited upou
acn of the young birds as its own
mother would have done. A few mo-
mems after he came 10 his own brood
with n worm or insect, and then the
ucz1 trip he visited the nest Of the
neighbor again. greatly to the displeas.
ARE of the vireo, who scolded him
sharply as she watched his movements
from a near branch. My correspond.
emf says: - watched them for several
days; sometimes the blucbird would
visit his own nest several times before
lending n hand to the vireos. Some
times he resented the vireos' plaintive