THE TANAGER FAMILY 79 
and lives in the woods, and his habits have been 
very little studied. 
I once saw a pair of these birds in Utah, get- 
ting their breakfast. At least, the gay singer 
himself was at that business, though his sharp- 
eyed mate was too busy watching me to see that 
I did not mean any harm, to care for food. 
They were on a long fence, catching flies. One 
would fly out a litile way, his bill snapping as he 
seized the fly, and then return to the fence a lit- 
tle farther off. Every time he came back he 
alighted farther away, though he did not seem 
even to see me. His mate kept between him and 
me, and never took her eyes from me. I feared 
she would go hungry, so I came away and left 
them. 
