THE YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. 61 
pelled by passion, he is quite content to mope for hours at a time in 
the depths of the reeds; and even in nesting time, when his precincts are 
invaded, he oftener falls to admiring his own plumage in the flooding sun- 
shine than tries to drive off the intruder. Let the homely and distrait female 
attend to that. 
ee =a) 2 ao oo wry: 
Taken in Douglas County. Photo by W. Leon Dawson. 
NEST OF YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD IN TULES. 
