50 BIRDS THROUGH AN OPERA-GLASS. 



Mr. Colburn says he is called " taping bird " from 

 it, because he looks as if " measuring off tape." 



If you are persevering enough to follow him to 

 his nest and you never feel thoroughly ac- 

 quainted with birds any more than with people 



until you see them in their homes you will dis- 

 cover why he is called "high-hold," " high-holder," 

 and " high-hole " that is, if the nest he has 

 made is one of the high ones. Sometimes yellow 

 hammers build very low. However this may be, 

 the entrance to the nest is a large round hole, cut 

 out of the wood of the tree, as the pile of chips 

 on the ground attests. Inside, the hole is very 



