. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . established a suspicion that they were interested in acertain section of one of the trees. The suspicion received strong confirma-tion when, after a longer disappearance than usual on the part of the Red-breasts, a HarrisWoodpecker alight-ed further up in thesame s t u b. TheNuthatches immedi-ately swarmed outand set upon theHarris with vigorand language. TheWoodpecker was dis-posed to stand hisground, whereat theNuthatches becamehighly enraged andcharged upon the in-truder so
. The birds of Washington; a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . established a suspicion that they were interested in acertain section of one of the trees. The suspicion received strong confirma-tion when, after a longer disappearance than usual on the part of the Red-breasts, a HarrisWoodpecker alight-ed further up in thesame s t u b. TheNuthatches immedi-ately swarmed outand set upon theHarris with vigorand language. TheWoodpecker was dis-posed to stand hisground, whereat theNuthatches becamehighly enraged andcharged upon the in-truder so vigorouslythat the poor fellowwas obliged to dodgeabout his chosen limbin lively Hatches criednya nya nya as fastas they could getbreath, and flirtedtheir wings betweenwhiles to vent theiroutraged naturally de-cided before longthat the game wasntworth the and again Taken xn Pierce C ounty. Pnoto oy the Author. _ the little fellows flew A TYPICAL NESTING SITE OF THE RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. _ AN OAK TREE (QUERCUS GARRYANa) AT THE BORDER OF THE PRAIRIE. aCl OSS IO d. Il\ e III. THE PYGMY NUTHATCH. 293 tree, but only to come back as often to the same fascinating belt. Finally,from a new vantage point I made out the hole, a very fresh one in an openstretch of bark about one hundred and twenty feet up. As I looked, onebird entered the excavation and remained, while the other mounted guard atthe entrance. After about five minutes of this the tiny miner emerged andthe other, the male, I think, took her place. His duty appeared to be toremove the chips, for he stuck his head out at the entrance momentarily, andone imagined, rather than saw at that height, the tiny flashes of falling very romantic, but not a good risk from the insurance mans standpoint. These Nuthatches must delight in work. They will spend a week inlaborious excavation, and then abandon the claim for no apparent it is an outcropping of that same instinct o
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