. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 12 ' AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. together and lined with hair. Some of these nests that I have come across have had leaves in their construction but the majority have been without. They lay four or five white eggs specked chiefly near the large end with black and reddish brown spots. Size . HABITS. Few bird lovers are unacquainted with the Yellow-throats in one form or another for they are found throughout the United States and are usually abundant in all suitable places. While the birds are rather re- tiring, their notes are always in evidence,
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 12 ' AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. together and lined with hair. Some of these nests that I have come across have had leaves in their construction but the majority have been without. They lay four or five white eggs specked chiefly near the large end with black and reddish brown spots. Size . HABITS. Few bird lovers are unacquainted with the Yellow-throats in one form or another for they are found throughout the United States and are usually abundant in all suitable places. While the birds are rather re- tiring, their notes are always in evidence, either in the form of a sharp scolding chirp, a long rattling trill or a lively "witchery, witchery, witchery," the latter song often uttered by the male during the breeding season. They are very inquisitive little birds and if you goto a swamp and quietly hide yourself you will soon have all the Yellow-throats in the place about you to see what you are doing, all scolding with all their might. Their nests are quite difficult to find as the birds are very sly when building and in entering or leaving the nest afterwards, and be- fore they have commenced incubating they will be very apt to leave a nest if they know that it it has been found. One day I saw a female with a grass in her bill and stopped to see where she would place it. She knew I was watching her and was very loath to continue her build- ing operations, but, as I remained still, after her long and violent tongue-lashing had ended she went bravely into a clump of grass, from which she emerged a few seconds later minus the grass which she had carried in. As it was so close to me I moved farther away in order not to disturb her. She soon came with another bit of building material, but this she carried behind some broken alder stubs which I found later to be the true site. The next trip she went to the place where she had deposited her first load and carried the same bit of grass to the nearly completed nest b
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