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There was one additional feature in which the nests were all alike, 

 something that could not be preserved. Invariably there was a mass 

 of stuff depending six or eight inches below the nest proper, so loosely 

 attached as to seem on the verge of dropping away. This stuff was 

 mostly the moss and the white plant fiber ; usually additional tufts of 

 these materials were adhering to nearby branches. 



Fig. CG • Pig. DD 



rig. CO. Grove of small fir trees where waxwings were found nesting at 

 Doch-da-on Creek. A nest may be seen in the tree in the center of the picture, 

 near the top of the tree and close to the trunk. Photograph taken July 15, 

 1919. 



Fig. DD. Grove of small lodgepole pines where waxwings were found nest- 

 ing near Telegraph Creek. There is a nest in the tree at the left of the picture, 

 about halfway up and against the trunk. Photograph taken June 20, 1919. 



The nests seemed large for, the size of the bird, and they were not 

 well hidden. Usually they were conspicuous, once we had found them, 

 and no difficulty was experienced in finding a nest we had reason to 

 suppose was in a certain locality. It was surprising, though, how 

 frequently we both walked past nests without seeing them, not having 

 noted the birds, though once found we marveled how we could have 

 overlooked them. 



