. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . bkr>. Occasionally even thisfails. An early .song which camefrom a young male feeding pa-tiently among the catkins of sometall, fresh-budding alders, had someof the airy qualities of the King-lets notes, Deo dcopli. tin tin dii, tiro dco pli. dco dco pli, den dco pli—amere fairy sibilation too fine for mortal cars U^ analyze, .oihcr said Ijoldly,//(•() flidtjity: lico flidf/ity. and Hro fiidtjity, chii zvio. Tliis Warbler is of rather irregular distrilnition in the western
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . bkr>. Occasionally even thisfails. An early .song which camefrom a young male feeding pa-tiently among the catkins of sometall, fresh-budding alders, had someof the airy qualities of the King-lets notes, Deo dcopli. tin tin dii, tiro dco pli. dco dco pli, den dco pli—amere fairy sibilation too fine for mortal cars U^ analyze, .oihcr said Ijoldly,//(•() flidtjity: lico flidf/ity. and Hro fiidtjity, chii zvio. Tliis Warbler is of rather irregular distrilnition in the western part of theState, where alone it is found. .\ jircfcrence is shown for rather ojien wood-land or dense undergrowth with wooded intervals. The fir-<lotted prairies f the accompanying illustration down within five feet u|>on the over-hanging limb of an apple •Lli /7i,./,. ( l-y II o\ i;Kn.\N(.i.\<, : trim:. a. Handlioolt of Birdt of W. U. S., p. 419. THE BLACK-TllRtXATED GRAY WARHLER. 189 Of their nesting Mr. Bowles says: Tn Washington these \Varl)lers arestrictly confined to the large coniferous tinil)cr nf the jirairie country, duringthe breeding season placing their nests niidvva\ nut on a fir limb, at from 25 to50 feet above the ground. Strangely enough, linwexcr, in Oregon they almostalways nest low down in the deciduous trees, sometimes only three or fourfeet up in a bush. In \\ashington the nests arc always placed directly on aliml). while in Oregon my hrolher, Mr. C. W. Dowlcs, found ihcm mostI\- inupright crotches. The nest is rather ;iloosely-huilt little struc-ture, measuring external-ly tliree inches wide bytwo inches deep, internal-ly one and three-quartersinches wide by one is composed of deadgrass, silUy plant fibers,moss, etc., with an ami)lelining of different kindsof hair an
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