. Birds and nature . ioles nest isnot so long as the Baltimores, and issupported underneath A very exquisite nest is the finelywoven one of the yellow-breasted vireo,covered all over with a gluey white lace-like looking stuff, either from spiderswebs or plant-down. I have seen bitsof hornets nests, paper, etc., in vireosnests, but all are put together with deli-cate neatness and are attached firmly tothe twigs between which it is placed. Thehumming birds nest is a perfect gem,covered with lichens and hardly to bedistinguished from a tiny tree-knot. Thissmall bird and the little blue grey gnat-
. Birds and nature . ioles nest isnot so long as the Baltimores, and issupported underneath A very exquisite nest is the finelywoven one of the yellow-breasted vireo,covered all over with a gluey white lace-like looking stuff, either from spiderswebs or plant-down. I have seen bitsof hornets nests, paper, etc., in vireosnests, but all are put together with deli-cate neatness and are attached firmly tothe twigs between which it is placed. Thehumming birds nest is a perfect gem,covered with lichens and hardly to bedistinguished from a tiny tree-knot. Thissmall bird and the little blue grey gnat-catcher take ten days each to completetheir dwellings, the gnatcatcher carefullymaking the plant-down and other finematerial into a thick, close felt with itsfeet. It is usually placed high aboveour heads. Almost every nest is a most interest-ing result of a birds individuality, itsingenuity, its resources and its finenessof method. I have only spoken of avery few to be found in any winter ram-ble. Ella F. Mosbv. 198. BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK. (Habia melanocephala). Life-size. COPrHIVHT ttO*, tT A. W. MUNFOKD, MIUM. THE BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK. {Habia melanocephala.) The Black-headed Grosbeak may beconsidered the western representative ofthe rose-breasted species of the easternUnited States. Its range extends fromBritish Columbia and Montana, south-ward into Mexico and Lower the larger portion of thisdistrict, it is quite common. It appearsto shun the pine woods, preferring ra-vines wooded with deciduous trees andupgrown to shrubbery, as well as thethick willow-copses that fringe themountain streams. On the mountainsides, it seldom ventures higher thaneight thousand feet. In its flight, feeding habits and, infact, in all its actions, it closely resemblesits rose-breasted relative. It does notfly high, and during the breeding seasonthe birds, as a rule, do not associate witheach other to any great extent. In thefall, however, they gather in small peo
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