. A catalogue of the birds of Indiana. Birds. 91 this bird, or rather three nests, two of which are built within the other. In the original nest had been deposited the egg of a Cow-bird ( Molothim ate-, Bodd.), then within that nest, and rising above it, the Yellow-throat had built another nest, which also became the depository of the hope of ofir^pring of this unnatural bird; again the little Warbler constructed a third nest upon the other two, burying the second Cow-bird egg, and in this nest laid her complement of eggs. This curious nest, which is like some others which have been found, was
. A catalogue of the birds of Indiana. Birds. 91 this bird, or rather three nests, two of which are built within the other. In the original nest had been deposited the egg of a Cow-bird ( Molothim ate-, Bodd.), then within that nest, and rising above it, the Yellow-throat had built another nest, which also became the depository of the hope of ofir^pring of this unnatural bird; again the little Warbler constructed a third nest upon the other two, burying the second Cow-bird egg, and in this nest laid her complement of eggs. This curious nest, which is like some others which have been found, was obtained near Brook- ville. They leave for their winter home in mid-September. Genus ICTERIA Head of Yellow-breasted Chat, nat. size. 275. Icteria virens < Linn.). Chat. Summer resident; common in southern half of the State; rare northward and in the extreme northern counties almost if not quite unknown. Breeds throughout its range in the State. They frequent brier patches and thickets; their favorite haunt being among the bushes of a blackberry "; They are great ventrilo- ciuists. Often a person to whom their habits are new will look for quite a long time towards some spot from which the sound comes but where the bird is not. Even those accustomed to their odd ways are often deceived and search for ihem in places other than where they are. They have quite a variety of notes which, with their strange antics, render them the most interesting summer bird among the copses. At mating time they devote much time to aerial evolutions, which at all times are interesting because of their oddity, but at times become exceedingly lu- dicrous. While performing these various evolutions they give voice to a multitude of strange sounds which seem to come from "here, there and everywhere" except the throat of the odd and awkward bird descending towards the clump of bushes near by. They arrive from April 24 to May 6, and are at once kno
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