. American ornithology for the home and school . Fig. V THIS OUGHT TO KEEP THEM QUIET. [Taken June ig. Bright sunlight, i-ioo Sec, f. A few yards farther on was the nest of a pretty Chestnut-sided Warb-ler. It was artfully hidden in the top of a small oak bush about threefeet from the ground. She was not timid in the least and nearly always as I went by I would lift the leaf that hid her from view to catcha glimpse of the bright little eyes watching me from under a crown ofgold. Sometimes she would even allow me to stroke her back. Halfa dozen White-breasted Nuthatches were playfully chasi
. American ornithology for the home and school . Fig. V THIS OUGHT TO KEEP THEM QUIET. [Taken June ig. Bright sunlight, i-ioo Sec, f. A few yards farther on was the nest of a pretty Chestnut-sided Warb-ler. It was artfully hidden in the top of a small oak bush about threefeet from the ground. She was not timid in the least and nearly always as I went by I would lift the leaf that hid her from view to catcha glimpse of the bright little eyes watching me from under a crown ofgold. Sometimes she would even allow me to stroke her back. Halfa dozen White-breasted Nuthatches were playfully chasing one anotherup and down and around the tree trunks. They were mostly youngbirds who had recently graduated from their nest, which was in a hol-low branch of the chestnut tree directly over the Vireo. Down in the AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 321 hollow on the other side of the hill were the nests of a Towhee, BrownThrasher, Wilsons Thrush, Indigo Bunting, and Prairie Warbler,allwithin a square of not more than twenty-five FOOLED THE CAMERA THIS TIME. Amid these surroundings you can imagine that I was not lonesomeat any time. But to get back to our Vireo. The eggs were well incu-bated and she sat very closely to them. From time to time the malebird brought her food so that she did not have to leave. I have saidthat these were a very bright pair of Vireos. An examination of theillustration will show why. In Fig. 1, you will notice the easy com-fortable position that the bird has assumed. Fig. 2 shows the contourof the rim of the nest to better advantage; notice the sag in the rim be-tween the points where it is joined to the branch. This allows her tailto project over the rim and the long V shape of the opposite end ofthe nest gives ample room for her to sit in a perfectly natural her position with that of the bird in Fig. 6. This one was-obliged to sit with her head thrown back and tail in an upright does not look nearly as comfortable as her neigh
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