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Fig. 49. Xest of the California Bush-tit; remains of one of the buii-df:rs 
APPEARS AT LEFT OF ENTRANCE, WHERE IT HAD PROBABLY BECOME ENTANGLED 
IN THE WOOL CHIEFLY COMPOSING THE NEST. 
feet uji in a young live-oak near the bank of a small stream, I noticed a nest of 
tile (kilifornia Bush-Tit {Psaltriparus minimus calif ornicus) . T was at once 
sti'uck hy the fact that the nest was an unusually handsome one even for this 
bird, which is well known for the artistic construction of its home. On ap- 
proaching closer I saw that the nest, which was compactly and uniformly built, 
was well coated on the outside with white wool, probably gathered from nearby 
bushes where sheep had been grazing. 
PECULIAR DEATH OF CALIFORNIA BUSH-TIT 
By G. WILLETT 
WITH ONE PHOTO BY ANTONIN JAY 
O X March 28, 1914, accompanied by Mr. Edward Ricketts of the California 
Fish and Game Commission, 1 was walking through a grove of scrub 
oak trees near Live Oak, Sutter County, California, when, about eight 
