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hollow on the other side of the hill were the nests of a Towhee, Brown 

 Thrasher, Wilson's Thrush, Indigo Bunting, and Prairie Warbler, "all 

 within a square of not more than twenty-five feet. 



FOOLED THE CAMERA THIS TIME. 



Amid these surroundings you can imagine that I was not lonesome 

 at any time. But to get back to our Vireo. The eggs were well incu- 

 bated and she sat very closely to them. From time to time the male 

 bird brought her food so that she did not have to leave. I have said 

 that these were a very bright pair of Vireos. An examination of the 

 illustration will show why. In Fig. 1, you will notice the easy com- 

 fortable position that the bird has assumed. Fig. 2 shows the contour 

 of the rim of the nest to better advantage; notice the sag in the rim be- 

 tween the points where it is joined to the branch. This allows her tail 

 to project over the rim and the long V shape of the opposite end of 

 the nest gives ample room for her to sit in a perfectly natural position. 

 Compare her position with that of the bird in Fig. 6. This one was- 

 obliged to sit with her head thrown back and tail in an upright position. 

 She does not look nearly as comfortable as her neighbor, for these 

 birds are neighbors too, their homes being not more than four hundred 

 feet apart. 



Three days after I found the nest, the eggs hatched and when the 

 young were five days old I first used the camera in connection with 

 these Vireos. When I placed the camera in position, the female was 

 brooding her young and the male was standing on the back edge of the 



