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Nov., 1908 ' NESTING NOTES FROM TIlE HUACttUCA MOUNTAINS 231 normal nest is greenish in color. One nest built in a sycamore was made entirely of white goat hair and fine grass. The hair hung down some inches in a fringe all over and made a handsome ornament. Being compelled to leave before the eggs were laid, I did not collect it. Both parents are very brave when on the nest, the male more so than the female. A nest was found May 31, 1907. It was forty feet up in a maple, one of the few instances where the nest was placed well up from the ground. The female sat close as I worked with my rope trying to get within reach. Just as I was about to reach the nest the male flew down and the female relinquished her guard to him. He pecked my finger as I reached out. and settled down close into the nest. I poked him but he refused to leave and sat with mouth wide open ready to repel the invader. I tried slipping my finger under him but he did not budge. Then I took him by both sides of his open beak and lifted but he hung onto the.bottom of NEST OF THE PLUMBEOUS VIREO the nest with his feet. Nonplused, I desisted for a few moments, debating how to get a view of the contents of the nest. While doing this he decided that he had done enough, hopped off, and flew into a neighboring tree. He deserved his treas- ures, so after one peep at the three eggs, I untied my ropes and descended. On May 23, 1907, while ascending Ramsay Canyon in company with Mr. W. A. Johnson I stopped at a place where a Plumbeous was nearly always heard, but all was silent. I was about to move on when a couple of Long-crested Jays flew by into a clump of maples. Almost instantly the war-cry of the Vireos arose and, on hurrying to the spot, both birds were found fighting the Jays which soon took refuge in flight. A minute later, the female flew down into a small oak and hopped onto her nest which hung in plain sight some twelve feet from the ground and close to the trail. I was up that tree in a hurry and reached toward the nest, which she left at once. I could feel a nest full of eggs so began transferring them to my