. . 73 KENTUCKY rRIGMT 1900. BY A, H. MUMFORD. CMICAGO. 262 MOURNING WARBLER. (Geothlypis Philadelphia). Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1900, BY A. w. MUMFORO, CHICAGO WARBLERS 409 very pugnacious, continually chasing one another about thewoods. It lives near the ground, making its artfully con-cealed nest among the low herbage, and feeding in theundergrowth, the male singing from some old log or lowbush, his song recalling that of the cardinal, though muchweaker. The ordinary note is a soft schip, somewhat likethe common ca
. . 73 KENTUCKY rRIGMT 1900. BY A, H. MUMFORD. CMICAGO. 262 MOURNING WARBLER. (Geothlypis Philadelphia). Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1900, BY A. w. MUMFORO, CHICAGO WARBLERS 409 very pugnacious, continually chasing one another about thewoods. It lives near the ground, making its artfully con-cealed nest among the low herbage, and feeding in theundergrowth, the male singing from some old log or lowbush, his song recalling that of the cardinal, though muchweaker. The ordinary note is a soft schip, somewhat likethe common call of the pewee. Considering its great abun-dance, says an observer, the nest of this charmer is very diffi-cult to find; the female, he thought, must slyly leave thenest at the approach of an intruder, running beneath theherbage until a considerable distance from the nest, when,joined by her mate, the pair by their evident anxiety mis-lead the stranger as to its location. The warblers are migratory birds, the majority of thempassing rapidly across the United States in spring on theway to their Northern nesting grounds, and in au
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