. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . to a human admirer as a frank ex-hibition of confidence. Overtures of friendship on the birds i)art maytraverse all rules uf caution and previous procedure, but henceforth thereis a new relation established between them, bird and man, and the man,at least, is bound to live upto it. At the oncoming ofa smart shower on CapitolHill (before the For Saledays) the bird-man init intoa fir-covered nook for shel-ter, and had not been theretwo mintites before a pair ofCassin Vireos ent
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . to a human admirer as a frank ex-hibition of confidence. Overtures of friendship on the birds i)art maytraverse all rules uf caution and previous procedure, but henceforth thereis a new relation established between them, bird and man, and the man,at least, is bound to live upto it. At the oncoming ofa smart shower on CapitolHill (before the For Saledays) the bird-man init intoa fir-covered nook for shel-ter, and had not been theretwo mintites before a pair ofCassin Vireos entered for thesame reason. They were notin the least disturbed by themans presence, but cheer-fully accepted him as part ofThings as They Are. There-fore, they proceeded to preentheir dampened feathers atdistances of four or five feet,while the bird-man sat with bated breath and glowing eyes. The birdsroamed freely about the nook and once, I think, lie made a grimacebehind the bird-mans back; for when they came around in front again,I judged slie was saying, Arnt you the wag! while he tittered in Taken in Oregon. Photo by Finley and Bohlman. C.^SSIN VIREO \r NEST. 364 THE CASSIN VIREO. These \ireos roam tlie lialf-fipen woods at all levels, like hapj)}-school children; and their childish curiosity is as little to be resented. Ifone hears a bird singing in the distance, he need only sit down and will get the better of the bird, and under [)retense of chasing carelessh ni>w and then, by way ofis stifled, andas you do when \ou have overtakennesome street, all liands and feet with At close range the smig bugs it will edge over, singingcovering the inquisiti\e intentyou feel for the ensuing momentsand passed a bevy of ladies on a 1a most atrociousswagger. Inspec-tion done, thebird suddenly re-sumes the dis-carded melody,and you nolonger have tolook i)leasant. Like most \i-reos, Cassin singsas he works; he works agood deal of thetime, albeit
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