. The oist . , percheep, aslong as you continue near the males are usually more wary andkeep some distance off, seldom ap-proaching closer than a hundred feetof you, and then keeping pretty wellhid in the tops of the nearby being such close sitters, I havefound it almost impossible to get apicture of the bird on the nest owingto their situations. Most nests that Ihave found would average ten to fif-teen, feet above the stream, and insuch a position on the face of the cliffsthat they were scarcely less difficult toget at than their near neighbors, theWestern Flycatchers, an
. The oist . , percheep, aslong as you continue near the males are usually more wary andkeep some distance off, seldom ap-proaching closer than a hundred feetof you, and then keeping pretty wellhid in the tops of the nearby being such close sitters, I havefound it almost impossible to get apicture of the bird on the nest owingto their situations. Most nests that Ihave found would average ten to fif-teen, feet above the stream, and insuch a position on the face of the cliffsthat they were scarcely less difficult toget at than their near neighbors, theWestern Flycatchers, and Black Phoe-bes; but unlike these, in that theirnests are never visible until you partthe ferns and dripping grasses abovethem. Four eggs are the rule, al-though I have found them incubatedwith three, and in one instance, withfive, which all hatch. The adults could often be seen feed-ing in the underbrush and along thehillsides, scratching among the leavesand rotten bark, much as the Towhees 2S6 THB OOLOQI8T. Nesting site of Tliurbers Junco —Photo by C. D. Hagner THE OOLOGIST 227
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