106 EVERYDAY ADVENTURES 



mass of wool and build a nest at least a hundred times 

 larger than itself. It was not until a month later 

 that he was reluctantly convinced that what he had 

 found was the nest of a deer-mouse. 



That afternoon we skirted the little lake and saw, 

 not forty feet above us, a bald eagle flying down 

 toward us with its snowy neck and pure white tail. 

 He flew with four or five quick flaps, and then would 

 soar. In the distance we saw another eagle pursued 

 by a scurrilous cawing crow. The eagle flew over to 

 the shore, and alighted and drank, and then, standing 

 on the edge of the water, seemed to be fishing. His 

 pursuer also alighted just behind him, and walked 

 close up. Every time the eagle would turn, the crow 

 would scuttle off, like some little blackguard boy 

 following and reviling one of his elders. Several 

 times the crow flew over the head of the eagle and 

 tried to gain courage enough to make a dab at him. 

 Through it all the king of birds paid absolutely no 

 attention to his tormentor. The comparison of the 

 crow with the eagle gave some idea of the size of 

 the latter. He seemed over three times as large as 

 the crow. 



It was the Banker again, on the other side of the 

 lake, who made the next discovery. We were hunting 

 a little apart through the woods, when he announced 

 from where he stood that he had just caught a glimpse 

 of a Brewster 's warbler. For the benefit of other bird- 

 students who are in my class, let me write what I 

 learned that day in regard to said bird. A Brewster 's 

 warbler is the rare hybrid between the golden- winged 



