Familiar Studies of Wild Birds 



streams at an average height of six feet, but 

 also found one nest in a hillside bush. Their 

 nests are well constructed of bark shreds, lined 

 with fine grasses, willow down, wool, hair, and 

 feathers. The heavy storms that occur every 

 few days in this region are doubtless responsi- 

 ble for a good deal of damage, and several of 

 the nests I found were probably thus destroyed. 

 The eggs are white, spotted with brown more 

 profusely around the larger ends, always four 

 to the set. 



I located the first nest on June 18th, and 

 had no trouble in photographing the female, 

 as she returned within a few minutes after I 

 had set up the camera. She was so tame that 

 when I touched her nest she came within a 

 foot of my hand. She would tilt forward with 

 drooping wings, feigning to fall, then catch 

 herself as she dropped to another perch lower 

 down. Thus did she do her best to lead me 

 away from her treasures. At no other nest 



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