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TIIK VKIJ.OW-IIKADKI) lU.AcKI'.IUl >. 



Tliis hinl is es- 

 sentially a plains- 

 litvinjj si)ccies, and 

 its favorite liannts 

 with ns are tlic 

 reedy liorders n\ 

 the treeless lakes, 

 and the u|)land 

 sloiiphs (»f eastern 

 Washington. It is 

 hijjhly fjregarions. 

 esi)ecially in the 

 fall an<l early 

 s])rin{j. Init con- 

 fesses to alxnit the 

 same degree of 

 domesticity as the 

 I'ved-wintj. in late 

 sprintj and early 

 summer. 



Tiic nests are 

 stoutly-woven l>as- 

 kets of reeds and 

 jjrasses. lipht and 

 firy and hand- 

 some. N'o mud or 

 other matrix ma- 

 terial is usetl in 

 construction, and 

 the interi<ir is al- 

 w a y s carefully 

 lined with fine 

 dry grass. Tiie 



illimitalilc Inilrushes are the favorite cover, hut rank herbage of any sort 

 is nse<l if only it he near or over water. The most humble situations 

 suffice: and tiie nest is often i>lace<l within a f<K't of the water, or its e(|uiv- 

 alent of black tK)ze. 



Takfn in Dnugliis 

 .\ STOUTLY WOV 



