544 LAND BIRDS 
On June 8, after quiet hiding and patient watching, 
we saw a female of this species fly away with her beak 
full of cobwebs which trailed nearly two inches, and 
alight on a tall cedar not ten feet from the travelled 
stage road; but the tree was so difficult to climb that 
we could not investigate it. In a moment she flew out 
of it, empty-mouthed, and further waiting for her second 
visit was fruitless. Meanwhile her mate had devoted 
himself to hunting for insects under the leaves of the 
deer brush, and seemed equally oblivious to her presence 
and her absence. I fancied him a self-centred mite 
because, when she alighted beside him, coaxing with 
a pretty chirp as nestlings do, he fed her in a matter-of- 
fact fashion and resumed his own meal. Long, careful 
searching in this and other places failed to reveal any 
nest, although it is certain there was one in process of 
construction near by. Mr. Barlow found one, and, after 
“collecting ” the female, discovered there were young 
in the cradle. These were promptly cared for by the 
male, who fed and brooded them. 
Mr. Bowles describes the song of this bird as “ zeegle- 
zeegle-zeegle-zeek,’ but to me it sounded more like 
“ jigele-jigele-jiggle-jig.” Although not loud, it has a 
carrying quality which at once arrests attention. The 
call-note is a sharp “ tseet.” 
