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THE SHUFELDT JUN( 



iR'sts have litcii found in nld tin cans tlung diiwn npon tlic prairie and only 

 half ohscnrcd hy }^ro\\in<j tjrasses. Ajjain the l>irds trnst to the density of 

 ve>,'etati<>n, and shelter in the J,'rass of nninowed orcliards. weed-lots, and 

 meadows. One site was fonnd in which the hird occui)icd a carefully chosen 

 fern arlx>r in the midst of a collection of whin-ned IxMies. evidently the mortal 

 remains of a defniul <lraft hors. was delightfully >jrucs«jme. 



Photo by llie .lulhor. 

 NEST AM) EGGS OF 



SUII"i:i.l>T .IIXCO 



and, touched no douhl with vanity, the owner sat for her portrait at four 

 feet, a la Bernhardt. 



Juncoes keep very quiet durini; the nesting season until disturlied, and 

 lliev are very close sitters. When nearly stepped on the hird hursts off. and. 

 if there are young, crawls and tumbles along the ground within a few feet 

 of the intruder, disjilaying wings and tail in a most appealing manner. The 

 tssiks of l)oth hirds are incessantly repeated, and the whole wo<xlside is set 

 agog with a|>prehension. 



If one posts himself in a susi>ectcd locality not t«K> near the nest, it is 

 only a (|Ucstion of time till the solicitude of the nursing mother will triumph 

 over fear. One such I traced to a charming mossy hank, overlie )king a 



