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thirty or forty of them mostly immature.
In Maines Woods (now owned by Jean Bomsel) I saw a Red-eyed Vireo feeding her one young one. It looked as if it had burn out of the mist about three days. It sat on a grapevine about 25 feet up. Wishing to examine it I shook the vine a little and it fluttered down managing to fly just far enough to fall in the edge of the river. I fished it out and dried it off  It was a very tame sociable little bird and snuggled up to my coat to get warm. 

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Unlike most young birds it was silent. I set it up in a tree and then sat down to watch it. The female came to feed it but could not find it at first. She gave a note like 'chit 'chit. After awhile she left without feeding it. The young one had a white breast, a grayish head and ? wings. The ???? and secondaries were yellow. I built a fire and warmed it a little and put it up in a tree.

While I was building a fire a spotted sandpiper lit on the log in the swimming