AUGUST 3 



a rich, black head, white nape, and above his eye a patch of 

 bright vermilion. He generally chooses the turpentine for his 

 nesting tree, and hangs his little nest in the highest outermost 

 bunch of leaves. 



YOUNG DIAMOND-BIRDS 



Last week when the creek was dry two diamond dicks were 

 burrowing in the upper bank. There seemed little hope of their 

 work remaining after all this rain, but it is always just as well 



