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nesting site liecunies at once the spring rendezvous. Ijiit ilie ilmies of maternity 

 are not seriously undertaken until alxmt tlie 1st of June. At the iiead of 

 Lake Ciielan some twenty ])airs of these Swallows, having left the old nest- 

 ing dilT a mile away, had engaged quarters at Field's Motel, being assigned 

 to the boxed eaves of a second-story piazza in this jileasant caravanserai; 

 but they had not yet dejKisited eggs on the joth of June. 1906. 



Altho not formerly so fastidious — I have found clitT nests composed 

 entirelv of dried grass — these birds have become connoisseurs in ui)holstcry 

 of feathers, and their unglossed wliite eggs, live or six in number, are 

 invariably smothered in purloined down, until we begin to suspect that (jur 

 fowls rather than our features have favored our adoption. 



No. i.u. 

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A. < >. I'. Xo. ()iS. Bombycilla K^irrula 1 l.inii. i. 



Synonyms. — XcmTUKR.N \\ a.xwi.nc. OrkaTEk WA.xwisr.. 



Oescription. — Adults: \ conspicuous crest: lx>dy plumage soft, grayish- 

 brown or fawn-color, shading by insensible tlegrccs between the several ])arts: 

 b.ick darker. ])assing into l)right cinnanion-rufons on forehead and crown, and 

 thru dark ash of rump and up])cr tail-coverts into black of tail; tijjs of tail 

 feathers abrn|)tly yellow (gamboge); breast with a vinaceous cast, passing into 

 ciniianioii-rufons of cheeks; a narrow frontal line jiassing thru eye. and a short 

 tliro;it-]>atcIi velvety black; nn<ler tail-covert-; dee]) cinnamon; wing blackish- 

 a.sli. the tii)S of the |)riniary coverts and the tijjs of the secondaries on outer web<i. 

 white, tijjs of primaries on outer webs bright yellow, whitening outwardly; the 

 shafts of the rectrices produced into peculiar flatteneil red "sealing-wax" tip<; 

 bill an<l feet black. Length al)out 8.00 (203.2); wing 4/.1 (I17.I); tail 2.-,U 

 (63) ; bill .47 ( ii.o). 



Recognition Marks. — Cbewink size; grayish-brown coloration. .\s dis- 

 tingiiisjied lioui the nnuh more common Ce<lar-bird; belly »ol yellow; white 

 wiivg-bar> ; under tail-coverts cinnamon. 



Nesting. — Xot known to breed in Washington. Like that of next species. 

 /;_(/(/.«. larger. .\v. size. .(>8 x .69 ( 24.0 x 17.3). 



General Range. — Xorthern portions of northern hemisphere. In Xorth 

 .•\merica. south in winter irregularly to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, 

 southern Colorado, and northern California. I'.reeds north of I'nited States; 

 also. ])f>ssiblv. in the mountains of the West. 



Range in Washington. — Winter resident, regular and sometimes abundant 

 east of the Cascades. es]>eoially in the northern tier of counties; rare or casual 

 on the West-side. 



Authorities.— ./)"^<-/i.? (larrulus. Brewster. I'.. N. O. C. VII. Oct. 1882. ]>. 



227. n-. J. E. 



.Specimens.— ( r. of W. ) Prov. P'. C. 



