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THE TAWNY CREEPEH. 



Taken near Tacoma. Photo by W. Leon Davton 



NKST OF TAWXY CREEPER IX DEAD OAK TREE. 



DITAIL 



or mlCXDINC ILLl'STIATIOK 



SCALE OX TIIC ■ir.llT. 



IT MAINTAI 



TIK NKST ArrKAIS tXDCH Til 



lKd Till woxDU IS now 



S ITS POSITION. 



Itcliind wliich si.\ 

 callow l)al)ics rest- 

 ed nn a soft ciisli- 

 imi of moss, hair 

 aii<l bark - filKT. 

 s 11 |i ]>o r t e (I l)\ 

 twigs criss-crus.seil 

 and interwoven, 

 to lake ui> all 

 a\ailal)k' sjiacc be- 

 low. 



This looked 

 easy : hnt the most 

 dili>,'ent search the 

 folliiwinjT season 

 serve<l only to dis- 

 cover the reconis 

 of past years and 

 hopeful prospects. 

 Rark scales of just 

 the right di- 

 mensions do not 

 abound, and those 

 which do look 

 good prove to Ik- 

 cither too infirm 

 or else to have re- 

 ceived the scant 

 comi)limcnl of a 

 few criss-crossed 

 sticks which mean. 

 "We would have 

 built here, if we 

 had not liked 

 some other ])lace 

 Ix-tter." 



Not until May 

 5th. 1007. did Mr 

 Rowles discover 

 the first eggs, five 

 speckled beauties. 



