. Nestlings of forest and marsh . Jekyll 172 Nest and eggs of the jay . 184 One of the jays victims : nest of swamp sparrow . 186 Nests devastated by jays 188 Chimney swifts nest and eggs (Plate VIII.) . . 191 We want our mama 195 Nest of barn swallow 201 Nest and eggs of catbird in a bush (Plate IX.) . 207 Catbirds three weeks old -. The same, two weeks later 209 A tilt between a bluebird and a catbird, each four weeks old 21 j The same birds as in preceding cut, showing progress in feathering and relative growth 220 Nest and eggs of thrasher in thorn-bush (Plate X.) . 224 Nest of thrasher on
. Nestlings of forest and marsh . Jekyll 172 Nest and eggs of the jay . 184 One of the jays victims : nest of swamp sparrow . 186 Nests devastated by jays 188 Chimney swifts nest and eggs (Plate VIII.) . . 191 We want our mama 195 Nest of barn swallow 201 Nest and eggs of catbird in a bush (Plate IX.) . 207 Catbirds three weeks old -. The same, two weeks later 209 A tilt between a bluebird and a catbird, each four weeks old 21 j The same birds as in preceding cut, showing progress in feathering and relative growth 220 Nest and eggs of thrasher in thorn-bush (Plate X.) . 224 Nest of thrasher on the ground 225 Thorn-bush, the thrashers favorite nesting-place . 227 Baby thrashers, ten days old 232 Hair-birds nest, in same thorn-bush 235 Young hair-birds and undeveloped egg 236 A tyrant fledgling 241 A nest of mud and grasses 244 5 ILLUSTRATIONS Page Young wood thrushes and cowbird 246 Nesting-place yellow warbler in low shrub (Plate XI.) 250Wee yellow warbler nestlings . ■ • • • 255Young catbird 257 16. NESTLINGS OF FOREST and MARSH 9 A PIONEER Ere a leaf is on a bush,In the time before the thrushHas a thought about its nest,Thou wilt come with half a call,Spreading out thy glossy breastLike a careless prodigal ;Telling tales about the sun,When we ve little warmth, or none. Wordsworth. THROUGHOUT the tract lying alongthe lake shore north of Chicago, thereal herald of Spring is the meadow bluebird lingers among the sugarmaples south and west of us; the robinshuns the chill lake winds as long as pos-sible ; but in spite of wind and weather, themeadow lark seeks his old familiar hauntsin his appointed time. Not only is he thefirst to come, but the first to sing. Even2 17 NESTLINGS OF FOREST AND MARSH amid snow and ice I have heard his clearpiping whistle on the sheltered lowlandmeadows about the Skokie marshes. It isneither so jubilant nor so oft-repeated aswhen, under the sunny April skies, hepours out the rapture of his love song;but, like the first Spr
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