The Plain Titmice 
morning (viz., April 22) at nine o’clock, it held five eggs. Close examina¬ 
tion showed two types, two light and three dark, precisely those of the 
set previously taken. Casting about for explanation, we found three 
birds scolding us. This was a polygamous household, rare, indeed, 
among Passerine birds. Whether the evil doctrine of Joseph Smith has 
penetrated to this remote isle, or whether the Shrikes of Santa Cruz have 
Taken on San Clemente Island Photo by D. R. Dickey 
NEST AND EGGS OF ISLAND SHRIKE 
been reduced, through persecution, to the pitiable condition described 
in Scripture when seven women take hold on one man, we are unable to 
say. Unfortunately, the whistle of the departing steamer “Santa Cruz” 
cut investigation short, and we nearly broke the eggs in our mad scramble 
to get aboard. Why, yes; they belonged to us, the confiscated product 
of palpable malefactors. 
No. 121 
Plain Titmouse 
A. 0 . U. No. 733, part. Bseolophus inornatus inornatus (Gambel). 
Description. —Adults (sexes alike) and immature: Crested; upperparts plain 
hair-brown with olivaceous reflections on rump and on wing-edgings, shading on sides 
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