. The oist . rectly aboveher and not three inches from the nestwas a leaf larger than my hand com-pletely roofing the structure. She eyedme closely and inquiringly during thetwenty minutes I remained imprisonedby the shower, and I assure you that itwas a pleasure to watch her behavior,as she evidently wanted to leave thenest because of my proximity but dread-ed to venture out into the pelting the shower had passed, when Iapproached the nest, she left with awhirr of her tiny wings which quitestartled me, and while I examined thecottony fabrication she came hummingabout my head in a r
. The oist . rectly aboveher and not three inches from the nestwas a leaf larger than my hand com-pletely roofing the structure. She eyedme closely and inquiringly during thetwenty minutes I remained imprisonedby the shower, and I assure you that itwas a pleasure to watch her behavior,as she evidently wanted to leave thenest because of my proximity but dread-ed to venture out into the pelting the shower had passed, when Iapproached the nest, she left with awhirr of her tiny wings which quitestartled me, and while I examined thecottony fabrication she came hummingabout my head in a really pugnaciousmanner. The nest was only six feetfrom the ground and was placed- ob-liquely against the side of a perpendic-ularly hanging twig about twelve inchesfrom its extremity. It would be in order here for me toask if this nest was not situated in apeculiar manner, but I have concludedthat my experiences are not much un-like those of other observers, and there-fore 1 refrain from this threadbare query. CHESTER BARLOV7, Santa Clara, Cal. It is acommon fault of inexperiencetlobservers to imagine that their discov-eries are quite out of the usual line. Irecall the elation I felt many years agoover the discover} of-anest of the GreenHeron in the woods near my home andhow I seriously considered the advisa-bility of writing up an account fif thenest and eggs for the Nuttall Bulletin,which 1 had seen mentioned as theleading magazine on ornithology. Ihad never heard of the species, but onconsulting the pages of a cyclopediaand identifying my tind I was surprisedto learn that I had found only the nestof a Shitepoke. And while I am inthe mood for confession, I rememberthat no later than two summers aga,while in the vicinity of Quiver , I found my first nest of theHummingbird. It was placed far outon the end of a branch of a small birchtree, but by means devised only by usegg cranks I secured the treasure. THE OOLOGIST 31 though I was not forming a collectionat the ti
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