. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . hey were interested in acertain section of one of tjie trees. The sus])icion received strong coiitirma-tioii wluii. after a longer disai)pearnnce than usual on the part of the Red-breasts, a I larrisWoodpecker alight-ed further up in thes a lu e s t u b. TheXuthatchcs immedi-ately swarmed outand set ujmmi theHarris with vigorand language. TheWoodpecker was dis-posed to stand hisground, whereat theXuihalciies becameIiigld) enraged andcliarged u])on the in-truder so vigorouslyi
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . hey were interested in acertain section of one of tjie trees. The sus])icion received strong coiitirma-tioii wluii. after a longer disai)pearnnce than usual on the part of the Red-breasts, a I larrisWoodpecker alight-ed further up in thes a lu e s t u b. TheXuthatchcs immedi-ately swarmed outand set ujmmi theHarris with vigorand language. TheWoodpecker was dis-posed to stand hisground, whereat theXuihalciies becameIiigld) enraged andcliarged u])on the in-truder so vigorouslyiliat the poor fellowwas obliged to dodgeabout his chosen limbin lively Hatches criediiyCi tiyd iiya as fastas they could get!)realb. and tlirtedtheir wings betweenwhiles to vent theiroutraged naturally «ii OF Tiis riiAiaic acFoss to a hve nr. THE PYGMY NUTHATCH. 293 tree, Inil onh to come back as citten to the same fascinating belt. a new \antage point I made out the hole, a very fresh 1 me in an oi)enstretch of bark about one Inindred and twenty feet up. As I looked, onebird entered the excavation and remained, while the other mounted guard atthe entrance. After about fi\e minutes of this the tiny miner emerged andthe other, the male, I tiiink, took her ])lace. His dtity appeared to be toremove the chii)s. for he stuck his head nut at the entrance momenlaril}-, andone imagined, ratlier than saw at that height, the tiny flashes of falling very romantic, but not a good risk from the insurance mans stand])oint. These Nuthatches must delight in work. They will si)end a week inlaborious excavation, and then abandon the claim for no ajjparent it is an outcrop])ing of that same instijict of restlessness which makesWrens build decoy One such finished nest we found to be slia]:)ednot
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