EVERYDAY ADVENTURES 13 
country. It was as if a veil had suddenly dropped 
from my eyes, for I had been looking in that direc- 
tion constantly, without seeing the nest directly in 
front of me. Probably, at last, I must have slightly 
turned my head and finally caught the light in a 
different direction. I supposed that the nest was that 
of the red-eyed vireo, the only one of the five vireos 
which would be likely to build in such a location. 
Climbing upon the wall to look at it, I saw that the 
mother bird was on the nest. Even when I took 
hold of the limb, she did not fly. Then I slowly 
pulled the limb down, and still the brave little bird 
stayed on her nest, although several times she started 
to her feet and, ruffling her feathers, made as if to 
fly. As the nest came nearer and nearer, I could see 
that she was quivering all over with fear, and that 
her heart was beating so rapidly as to shake her tiny 
body. Finally, as she came almost within reach of 
my outstretched hand, she gave me one long look and 
then suddenly cuddled down over her dearly loved 
eggs and hid her head inside of the nest. Reaching 
my hand out very carefully, I stroked her quivering 
little back. She raised her head and gave me an- 
other long look, as if to make sure whether I meant 
her any harm. Evidently I seemed friendly, for as 
I stroked her head she turned and gave my finger 
a little peck, then snuggled her head up against it 
in the most confiding, engaging way. As she did 
so, I noticed that a white line ran from the beak to 
the eye, and that she had a white eye-ring and a 
bluish-gray head. As I looked at her, suddenly from 
