THE YELLOW-HEADED r.LACKlURD. 



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pelled l)y passimi. he is (|uitc content t(i ninpe tor Imnrs at a time in 

 the deptiis of the reeds: and even in nesting- time, when his precincts are 

 invaded, he oftener falls to admirin^;: his own plumage in the llooding- sun- 

 shine than tries to drive nff the intruder. Let the hc^mclv and distrait t'emale 

 attend to that. 



Douglas County. Photo by IV. Leon Dtmson. 



NEST OF YEI.I.OW HE.ADKD HI..\CKI'.IKD IX TUI.ES. 



