. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . s neither very strong nor verybrilliant. The openingphrase, howeser, Fczvit,hen, comes as a tinybugle call into which isdistilled the essence of alldank hollows, of all rus-tling leaves, of all mur-muring tides, and of allfree-blowing breezes. Itis the authentic voice ofthe little wild. On a July day a trioof Indian boys, Ouilla\utes, were showing thebird-man a round of Inlated nesters, while 1 it-was looking for opportunities to photograph ;-,and also recording Quil-layu
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . s neither very strong nor verybrilliant. The openingphrase, howeser, Fczvit,hen, comes as a tinybugle call into which isdistilled the essence of alldank hollows, of all rus-tling leaves, of all mur-muring tides, and of allfree-blowing breezes. Itis the authentic voice ofthe little wild. On a July day a trioof Indian boys, Ouilla\utes, were showing thebird-man a round of Inlated nesters, while 1 it-was looking for opportunities to photograph ;-,and also recording Quil-layutan bird names inpassing. A Rusty SongSparrows nest held onlvweanlings, mildly hideous,and the leader, a lad of ten, expressed regret that he could not show me thenest of another kind of Song Sparrow. With excess of Caucasian |)rideT assured him that there was only one species of Song Sparrow to be foundlocally, but my learned statements drew forth only puzzled and unconvictedglances. Some days later when I had taken a set of Sooty Fox Sparrowseggs from a neighboring islet, the boys clamored in triumph, Tliats it;. From a Photograph Copyright, 1907, by i^ . L. Utru^, ISLET—SOUTH EXPOSURE. THE riRST NIvST OF THE SOOTY ^OX SPARROW WAS FOUND. 54 THE SOOTY FOX SIARK UW those arc tlic t-ggs of Talibalililclitth, llif otlier Song Sparrow wc told youabout. The lx>vs were near enough riglil: the Farrow is for all theordinary world like a Song Sparrow; and I venture that not a dozen whitelx>ys in Washington ever saw the bird itself, let alone <listinguishing it byname. The eg<;s referred to were found ;iniid n)o--t romantic surrotindinf,*. on
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