. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . undant in swamp\places, and is invariabl\present in season alongthe banks of streamswhich are lined with wil-lows, alders, and wild rosebushes. The song is sunny, while not elaborate,makes substantial contri-bution to the good cheerof spring. Heard in theboskage it sounds absurdlyas if some wag were shak-ing an attic salt-cellar ona great green salad. Thenotes are almost piercing,and sound better perhapsfrom across the river thanthey do in the same var
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . undant in swamp\places, and is invariabl\present in season alongthe banks of streamswhich are lined with wil-lows, alders, and wild rosebushes. The song is sunny, while not elaborate,makes substantial contri-bution to the good cheerof spring. Heard in theboskage it sounds absurdlyas if some wag were shak-ing an attic salt-cellar ona great green salad. Thenotes are almost piercing,and sound better perhapsfrom across the river thanthey do in the same variation insong is considerable, but the high ])itch and vigor of deliverv are distinctive. Certain common typesmay be syllabized as follows: Street, S7iect. sweet, siicctic; fscc. tscc. tsit-a-zvee, fsce; zvee-chee, dice, dice zvce-i-ii; tsii. Isii. Isn. Isii. tscec:v. hromits arrival sometime during the last week in .\pril. luitil ncir tlie close ofits second nesting, late in jul>. the iiird may l)e fnund ^in^ thrunut thesunlit hours. Tlic date of this birds annu;d ad\ent in \\ ashington is far less nearly. Ori-go Fholo by FinlcyA CONTENTKD B.\BV. i8o THE )\V WARnLER?* fixed tlian in the East. April i^tli is my earliest date, recorded in VakiinaCounty, but Dr. Coer once saw large nuniljcrs (i)ossil)ly D. a. nibif/iiiosa)at tlie Straits of l)e Fuca, on .\])ril 8. On tlic west side u. I)ut on theEast-side it usually raisestwo broods. The nest of the VcIIkw\\arl)ler is quite common,esjjecially easterly, whereits co\er is more re-stricted; and no specialpains is taken at conceal-ment. Nests heplaced at any height inorchard trees, alders, wil-lows, i>r even fir sai)lings:but, without doubt, tliemost acceptable site isthat alTorded liy densethickets of the wild rose(Rosa pisocarpa) where-ever fouml. The cradle of this birdis of exquisite fabrica-tion. The tough innerbark nf certain weeds—called indiscriminatelyhemp — tr)gether withgrasses and other fibrous
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