. Nature study; birds . ^./! 28 Warblers were flitting about every-where. The Maryland Yellow-throatwas the most noisy; from his perch onthe top of an alder he would sing hiswichery-wichery-wichery, then witha sputtering alarm note, sounding likea watchmans rattle, he would dashinto the thicket; a moment later wewould hear him scolding and see himpeering at us from among the leaves,his little black eyes twinkling in thejet black mask of his face. Ah!cried Dick as a small black and orangebird dashed out into the air and snap-ped up a small moth, There is a Redstart. I think theyare the pretties
. Nature study; birds . ^./! 28 Warblers were flitting about every-where. The Maryland Yellow-throatwas the most noisy; from his perch onthe top of an alder he would sing hiswichery-wichery-wichery, then witha sputtering alarm note, sounding likea watchmans rattle, he would dashinto the thicket; a moment later wewould hear him scolding and see himpeering at us from among the leaves,his little black eyes twinkling in thejet black mask of his face. Ah!cried Dick as a small black and orangebird dashed out into the air and snap-ped up a small moth, There is a Redstart. I think theyare the prettiest and best of all the warblers. See how live-ly he is,—his wings fluttering all the time and his tail open-ing and shutting just like a fan. J think he knows he isbeautiful and wants us to notice him. You arc right, Dick, the Redstart is the best of thewarblers. Nearly all of them are beautiful and they areall very useful too, but Sir Redstart does the most good ofthem all. He catches a greater variety of insects than
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