244 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



John Burroughs says of the English birds which 

 are thus loved and cared for : " They sing with 

 more confidence and copiousness, and as if they, 

 too, had been touched by civilization." He also 

 says, " Wood birds here (America) are house and 

 garden birds there (England).'* 



With reference to nest -building, there are two 

 sorts of birds anxious to live with and near us. 

 In the first place, those that want to share our 

 home or our outbuildings, or who look for some 

 box provided hard by our door. The other 

 sort are the birds which, if encouraged and pro- 

 tected, would seek our vines, shrubs and trees 

 for their nesting. 



What can we do to bring these little creatures 

 to our homes ? 



There are several varieties of birds that search 

 out places for nesting under piazza roofs, in 

 boxes, about the eaves and cornices of our 

 houses, or in our barns : the Violet-Green Swal- 

 low, the Eave Swallow, the Barn Swallow, the 

 Martin, the Bluebird, the Parkman's House 

 Wren, and sometimes the Vigors's Wren ; in 

 some places, the Say's Phoebe, and perhaps, the 

 Western Black Phoebe. 



