1548 THE PERCHING BIRDS 



cotton in her beak, and on searching found a nest just commenced in a sage bush. 

 The structure, though but a skeleton, was evidently about to be a dome, and so far 

 was constructed of silk cotton. Since then I have seen several completed nests. 

 One before me is in the form of a globe, with a small opening below the side. The 

 walls are very thick, composed of dry grass, intermixed irregularly with down." 

 The eggs are greenish white, speckled with reddish at the larger end. In color the 

 upper parts of this species are dark brown, with a conspicuous white eyebrow; the 

 breast and the rest of the under parts being bright yellow. 



