. The birds about us. Birds. The Perching Birds. 63 will be found to have given way to boldness, and the wren-like habits otherwise are added to by a decided disposition to defend its own. Again, its song, of late, has a great deal of self-assertion in it, if loud, distinct utterance has any signification. I doubt if any crested tit or cardinal makes itself heard for a greater distance than travels the shriller notes of this warbler. While I have never seen these birds in the city, they do not hesi- tate to go into the Maryland Yellow-throat. good old-fashioned gardens in the country, however
. The birds about us. Birds. The Perching Birds. 63 will be found to have given way to boldness, and the wren-like habits otherwise are added to by a decided disposition to defend its own. Again, its song, of late, has a great deal of self-assertion in it, if loud, distinct utterance has any signification. I doubt if any crested tit or cardinal makes itself heard for a greater distance than travels the shriller notes of this warbler. While I have never seen these birds in the city, they do not hesi- tate to go into the Maryland Yellow-throat. good old-fashioned gardens in the country, however near the house they may be, and are quite disposed to forage on the sunny sides of cow-sheds and stables. I have found several nests in skunk-cabbage plants, and still wonder if they were placed there for protec- tion, for probably no animal is disposed to touch the plant if it can avoid it; but what of the sense of smell in the birds ? Classed as a warbler, but unlike them in every particular as we see the bird in nature, is that re- markable mimic and strange creature generally, the Yellow-breasted Chat. " The bird does not appear to winter anywhere in the United States ; it breeds throughout its United States ; According to the temperature, but never very early, in April, and sometimes not until May, does the chat appear in the Delaware Valley, and then he betakes himself immediately to a locality suited to his needs, and there he stays. They spend no days in sight-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Abbott, Charles C. (Charles Conrad), 1843-1919. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott
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