. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . f twenty-eight nests inYakima County, May 4, contained six eggs each ;while, of something over tw(.>hundred seen altogether, twonests containetl se\en each. It is in his notes that theBrewer Blackbird betrays hisaffinities best of all. The melo-diously scjueaking chatter ofmating time is, of course, mostlike that of the Rusty Black-bird (S. cardliiiiis). but it lacksthe bubbling character. He hasthen the swelling note of theCrackles |)roper, fff-wecl
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . f twenty-eight nests inYakima County, May 4, contained six eggs each ;while, of something over tw(.>hundred seen altogether, twonests containetl se\en each. It is in his notes that theBrewer Blackbird betrays hisaffinities best of all. The melo-diously scjueaking chatter ofmating time is, of course, mostlike that of the Rusty Black-bird (S. cardliiiiis). but it lacksthe bubbling character. He hasthen the swelling note of theCrackles |)roper, fff-wecl. thelatter part rendered with some-thing of a trill, the former. Tahcn in Stevens County. Photo by the Author. GROUND NEST OF BREWER BLACKBIRU. citement of any kind. Knorcr has a fine metallic (|ualit\ which promptl} links it to the Ke\ring note of the Redwing. Cliiip is the ordinary note of distrust and alarm, or of stern inquiry, as when the bird-man is caught fingering the for- Ijidden ovals. .\ harsh low rattle, or rolling note, is also used when the birds are squabbling among tbemseh-es, or fighting for position. Unquestionably this species has graduall} extended its range within theborders of the State, for the earlier in\-estigators did not regard it as residenton Puget Scjund. It has profited greath and deser\edly bv the spread ofsettlement evervwhere, and this is especiall} true of the more open a little it owes, also, to the introduction of cattle: for it is as great arustler about corrals and stamping grounds as its renegade Cowbird. THE BULLOCK ORIOLE. 49 No. ORIOLE. A. O. U. No. 508. Icterus bulloc
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