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50 BIRDS THROUGH AN OPERA-GLASS. 
Mr. Colburn says he is called “ taping bird ” from 
it, because he looks as if “ measuring off tape.” 
If you are persevering enough to follow him to 
his nest —and you never feel thoroughly ac- 
quainted with birds any more than with people 
until you see them in their homes — you will dis- 
cover why he is called ‘“ high-hold,” “ high-holder,” 
and “ high-hole” — that is, if the nest he has 
made is one of the high ones. Sometimes yellow 
hammers build very low. However this may be, 
the entrance to the nest is a large round hole, cut 
out of the wood of the tree, as the pile of chips 
on the ground attests. Inside, the hole is very 
