. Western birds . in character, but longer and varied somewhat byindividuals. Mr. Dawson describes a nest which he found aboutthirty-five feet from the ground in a sixty-foot fir was made mostly of the drooping brown moss soprevalent in that district, and well concealed, beingsimply a shade thicker than the rest of the limb. Be-sides the moss it was made of vegetable down, cottonsfrom pussy willow and cottonwood trees, hair, finegrasses in abundance, and other soft material. The lin-ing was exclusively feathers, those of Robins breast be-ing most abundant. There were nine eggs in that
. Western birds . in character, but longer and varied somewhat byindividuals. Mr. Dawson describes a nest which he found aboutthirty-five feet from the ground in a sixty-foot fir was made mostly of the drooping brown moss soprevalent in that district, and well concealed, beingsimply a shade thicker than the rest of the limb. Be-sides the moss it was made of vegetable down, cottonsfrom pussy willow and cottonwood trees, hair, finegrasses in abundance, and other soft material. The lin-ing was exclusively feathers, those of Robins breast be-ing most abundant. There were nine eggs in that cosy nest among the an entrancing sight it would be to behold a pairof Kinglets with such a family of fluffy young! Itwould be well worth the patience and study to find was only by chance that Dawson came upon thistreasure, he happening to see, through his binoculars,the owner going to it. The Kinglets are among our most useful birds. Theyare solitary in that they do not forage in flocks, but 352. VEKDIN AND NEST.
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