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eggs being- found from December until June. The eggs 
are three in number, not unlike those of the robin, but 
spotted with brown above the bright blue of the ground. 
The nests are not works of high art, for they consist of a 
platform of angular twigs, with a more neatly molded 
saucer-shaped lining of dr} r rootlets and horsehair. The 
nests are placed among the branches of bushes two or three 
feet above the ground. Though the bird is ordinarily a 
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shy one, it can be almost touched when surprised on the 
nest; then she slips silently awa} 7- and the intruder must 
wait a long while before he sees her again. Be he a true 
son of Mother Nature, he will bide his time in the shadow 
of the chaparral, even though he be late to camp and 
hungry for his supper; for well he knows she will return. 
And there is a fascination in the waiting. 
Pasadena, Cal. 
