BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
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on wings and tail. These white spots 
show beautifully in flight. He wears a 
very becoming apron, the front of which 
is white and the sides rufous. 
OREGON TOWIIEE NEST AND EGGS 
He holds his tail curved gracefully up¬ 
wards as he trips over the brush. In the 
spring he may sit quietly" for an hour with 
tail hanging while he trolls over his name. 
“Tow hee, tow hee.” But on the bushes, 
he flirts with us a moment, flashing his 
red eye at us; then disappears. We may 
still hear his rather good natnred scold 
from among the bushes. “Ank, ank, 
a-n-k,” he says. It sounds like puss beg¬ 
ging for milk. For that reason Towhee 
is sometimes called the Catbird. He is 
not the Catbird. In fact he has named 
himself. 
He can trill, and lie can sing. His trill 
pours from his throat like a tiny cascade. 
