. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . oumay ha\e theequal of one ofthose ten thou-sand dollar vasesof encrusted steeland gold, whichthe Spanish areso clever at mak-ing, an heirloomto be handeddown from fatherto son. But letNature breatheupon it; let the. Auth( if Life A HOODED W.\RBLERS XEST, give it motion andsong; and youwill ha\-e a flood-ed Warbler, notless Ijeautiful that THE HOODED WARBLER. igi you cannot handle it, but infinitely more so in that its beauty takes a thousandforms, a fresh one for every turn of f
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . oumay ha\e theequal of one ofthose ten thou-sand dollar vasesof encrusted steeland gold, whichthe Spanish areso clever at mak-ing, an heirloomto be handeddown from fatherto son. But letNature breatheupon it; let the. Auth( if Life A HOODED W.\RBLERS XEST, give it motion andsong; and youwill ha\-e a flood-ed Warbler, notless Ijeautiful that THE HOODED WARBLER. igi you cannot handle it, but infinitely more so in that its beauty takes a thousandforms, a fresh one for every turn of fancy that may stir an avian breast. The further charm of comparative rarity is added to this exquisite crea-tion, so that not a few of us count upon our fingers the occasions upon whichwe have been granted a sight of it. To me the bird first came as a voice,a sweet and pure but altogether puzzling sound, tossed down from a tree-top on a foggy morning, an hour before dawn. The bird was at an unheard-of distance from his chosen range, so when the sun dissolved the mist anddisclosed thesinger, sittingq u i e 11 y. andpiping in ac-cents uncon-strained, itseemed to us astho we hadcaught a fairyoverstaying histime limit. The HoodedAVarbler showsa decided pref-erence fordamp woodswhere there isplenty of un-d;e r gr o wt, w
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