. Bird-lore . have been no greatchanges so far as vegetation is concerned: the scrub is a little more dense,and the second growth somewhat higher, but to the eye it would be diffi-cult to find any marked changes other than these. While we are unableto account for the increase of the Chestnut-sided Warblers, we find it The Increase of the Chestnut-Sided Warbler 79 equally difficult to give any reason for the marked decrease in the numberof the Brown Thrashers and apparent decrease in the Song Sparrows dur-ing the breeding season. The Thrashers used to be very common, butduring the past two year
. Bird-lore . have been no greatchanges so far as vegetation is concerned: the scrub is a little more dense,and the second growth somewhat higher, but to the eye it would be diffi-cult to find any marked changes other than these. While we are unableto account for the increase of the Chestnut-sided Warblers, we find it The Increase of the Chestnut-Sided Warbler 79 equally difficult to give any reason for the marked decrease in the numberof the Brown Thrashers and apparent decrease in the Song Sparrows dur-ing the breeding season. The Thrashers used to be very common, butduring the past two years they have been, as already stated, noticeablyscarce. All the Chestnut-sided Warblers nests that I have found in this regionin question, were placed in azalea and huckleberry bushes, mostly the for-mer, and always within three and a half feet of the ground, usually verymuch lower. The situation chosen was in most instances near a fair-sizedtree, not one being found in the more open part of the clearing. About. chestm; iMDHi) ri:f;i)i N(; hi;k votng o\ the aithors hand the last week in April the birds arrive and their nests are built betweenMay 20 and the middle of June. The nest, which requires from two tofour days to buiKI, is composed of light-colored plant-fiber and bark, witha lining of very fine grass and roots. Notwithstanding all that has been said about the extreme tameness of thesebirds, those that I have seen were very much less confiding than the Hlue-wingcd and Worm-eating Warblers. in trving to secure photographs othem with their young I met with most scanty success, in spite of theiiiaiiN hours spent in the attempts. Once the young had left the nest theold birds seemed to lose some of their shyness, and in one case I succeedednot onl\ in obtaining photographs of the parent hirtl with its young perched 8o Bird-Lore on a bush, but also on ni\- hand. But at no time would the male bird comenear, and the female showed a strons^ dislike to both the camera and
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