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THE KED-r.REASTEI) MTl l;^tl I. 



Thru llic iiilfriiiiltciit (|iianking <»f a pair of these birds, my attention was 

 directed to a omple of tall dea<l fir trees near the center of a woods, then 

 known as the I'ugel Mill strip. Init now as M<M)re's University Park Addition 

 to Seattle. A little la/y scrutiny descried the birds, mere twinkling bits of 

 blue-gray, alnuit one hundred and twenty-live feet i\\>; and two or three mys- 

 terious disap]>earances establislR-d a susi)icion that they were interested in a 

 certain section of one of tjie trees. The sus])icion received strong coiitirma- 

 tioii wluii. after a longer disai)pearnnce than usual on the part of the Red- 

 breasts, a I larris 

 Woodpecker alight- 

 ed further up in the 

 s a lu e s t u b. The 

 Xuthatchcs immedi- 

 ately swarmed out 

 and set ujmmi the 

 Harris with vigor 

 and language. The 

 Woodpecker was dis- 

 posed to stand his 

 ground, whereat the 

 Xuihalciies became 

 Iiigld)' enraged and 

 cliarged u])on the in- 

 truder so vigorously 

 iliat the poor fellow 

 was obliged to dodge 

 about his chosen limb 

 in lively fashion. 

 The Hatches cried 

 iiyCi tiyd iiya as fast 

 as they could get 

 !)realb. and tlirted 

 their wings between 

 whiles to vent their 

 outraged feelings. 

 Harris naturally <le- 

 cided before long 

 tiiat the game wasn't 

 worth the liother. 

 Time and again 



Takrn in Pirrct Lounly. Photo by Ihr Aulhcr. r i r U 1 



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