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have a nest near, I leaned against a tree 
and waited to see if the birds would give 
me some clue as to its whereabouts, the 
longer I stood there the more certain I 
felt that they had a nest, for the birds 
appeared to be much, excited and con¬ 
tinually gave their characteristic cnipp- 
chipp or chipp-chirr. After I had stood 
there for some time I happened to look 
up watching the birds fly over my head 
when I discovered their nest in the tree 
under which I had so long been stand¬ 
ing. It was made of twigs and lined 
with rootlets. The two eggs could be 
seen from below, so loosely was the nest 
put together. Not wishing to disturb the 
birds any more than possible I left at 
once and on several subsequent visits 
found the birds at home and one egg 
had been added. But I found the nest 
deserted on June 14 and the eggs gone. 
1 feel sure that this was the work of 
Javs. On several other occasions I saw 
the tanagers in the vicinity and they 
may have made a second nest. I am 
hoping these birds will return next year 
to breed. 
During the fall and early winter 
pileated woodpeckers were seen several 
times. They were then in the timber 
but on Jan. 15, one was in a tree in the 
yard. It was busily engaged in search- 
in 0 ' for insects and showed to what use 
its powerful bill could be put by throw¬ 
ing down chipps several inches in length. 
This bird is very scarce at present altho 
1 am told they were formerly abundant. 
Harry B. Logan, 
—Aged IT. 
Royalton, Minn. 
WINTERING IN HOOD RIVER, OREGON 
Mrs. Rebecca H. Kauffman 
Twelfth Night of last year brought 
with it a marvellous sight where the 
rushing Hood River empties its glacial 
waters into the cleft canyon of the great 
Columbia. Snow had fallen for thirty 
hours, and lay thirty-three inches deep 
in a calm level along the mouth of the 
stream- while farther up the river in the 
Upper Hood River Valley the big snow¬ 
flakes piled themselves up to the depth 
of five feet! The snow had come down 
in such a quiet, steady, gentle, effective 
manner, just as the rain, too, does along 
the Pacific Coast, attending strictly to 
its own business. V7 e were literally and 
truly “snow-bound”, as the trains of tho 
0. VC R. & N. Co. were stalled at vari¬ 
ous places along the tracks between The 
Dalles to the east and Cascades Locks to 
the west, and one big engine had run off 
the rails in front of the Hood Rivei sta¬ 
tion. The mercury dropped to zero, 
though it did not stay at that point long. 
The sun rose on the Sunday morning 
after the snow ceased falling upon one of 
the most beautiful, brilliant, pearly- 
white landscapes it has ever been the lot 
of mortals to see! 
