The Cwtu? V • 
possible t <. t > ■. 
It is more i! . 
The j v • 
fowl, or ' 
appears, -ji 
nest. Hu* 
■ ’iber of the group, and 
: s -• 1 v ; 1 , 
ail down feathers of wild 
■ : ■ <>t enduring fluffiness. It 
their eggs upon leaving the 
• /ih of May, which contained 
buried under a loose blanket of 
. .. • by no means deserted, for the 
. ■ very solicitous, insomuch that 
■ - f <>i my hand while I was engaged 
ev es as the rightful owners of the 
• and are evidently jealous of avian, 
- instance a Wren had constructed 
■a structure of the Yellow-headed 
•"•vent oi its tw tier. Another had 
Alas third nest of be 'ar-nt season’s 
j-: -- • ail ".i.a m . 
ae : , iipcf.on ir. tabu a ween 
' ■ ■■ inut tie interior 
Cactus Wren 
About % life size 
From a water-color painting by Allan Brooks 
■ ivu:, i a r. i the San Diego 
• paiudicola, and there 
ivat Valley (San Joaquin- 
eo.iytes brunneicapillus couesi 'Sharpe). 
am! nape warm brown !>rown to Front's 
' - hark and siMpukti s. brondiy, pale grayish 
!,, eai;s and and submesiardusky: 
• 1 -v ■ : • >verts) dusky mh tred with white and 
' .a - .a bite on inner weii- i'h,-;-ru s forming bars 
!■ • . iineh, and irreyulurh e with pale 
rt c trices chietlv !>!a> k. r.he out .rmost pair 
' rvnv.r.mng pairs with at least a subterminal. 
■ ' n finned to bill, white; post-ocular, area 
. •. ierparis basaliy white, immaculate 
• .us ■ • .i belly and crissum ; the sides of 
