BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
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was cheered and kept patient by onr beau¬ 
tiful entertainer. 
Of course we wanted to look into the 
home but we were afraid to search the 
side of that rocky bluff. The rocks were 
covered with briers, poison oak, pretty 
blue ceanothus, and white creamy syrin- 
on 
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Here, too, on the bluff side, the rattle 
snake came out from under the rocks to 
bask in the sun. 
We hunted, though, and at last we 
came upon a portion of the thicket which 
was so dense that we could not enter ex¬ 
cept at one place. 
Photo bp the Author 
NEST AND EGGS OF LONG-TAILED CHAT 
In the center of tin’s enclosure was the 
prettiest, cleanest room; and there upon 
a limb about four feet from the ground 
