. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . let, which really serves to distinguishthis Warbler from all others? Better far call it the Masked Warbler, theMasquerader, or Domino. Indeed, one never gets o\er the impression that this pert little Warbler THE NORTHERN YELLOW-THROAT. is concealing an amused smile behind that inscrutable black mask, and thathe is poking fun at you for awkwardness and stupiditw of which \(ju kn(j\vynu are guilty, as you stumble aljout through the thicket in the wake of the ret re a tingm c> c
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . let, which really serves to distinguishthis Warbler from all others? Better far call it the Masked Warbler, theMasquerader, or Domino. Indeed, one never gets o\er the impression that this pert little Warbler THE NORTHERN YELLOW-THROAT. is concealing an amused smile behind that inscrutable black mask, and thathe is poking fun at you for awkwardness and stupiditw of which \(ju kn(j\vynu are guilty, as you stumble aljout through the thicket in the wake of the ret re a tingm c> c k e is noreaso n abledoul)t thatthe bird de-lights in agame of hide-and-seek and;hat he showslimself fromtime to timej u s t fa re n (I u g ha Ii e a d tokeep up thetantalizingplay. But ifyou are wiseenough togive it u]) theb i r d Av i 1 1p r e s e n tlyh (1 p () u tS(]uarely intothe open tolook at lifest ruest pleas-ures comeunsought. The Yel-low-throatsarrive fromt h e s o u t hs (I m e t i meduring thelast week inApril, and thencefnrth wlierever there are willow-thickets bordering streams,. Take ranklin TIIK Photo bji tlu-V\.W nnilvAXD-SKKK^ THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. 185 or marsh} weed-lots, or over-grown fences running through lowland meadows,there are they. The male spends much time singing, seeking for the purposethe summit of a weed-stalk or a flowering shrub, or occasionally mounting asapling twent}- or thirty feet high. Witchity, zvichity, zvichity, or 7 beseechyou, I beseech yon, I beseech you, sounds forth at intervals in sharp anatripticnotes which pierce the morning chorus for a hundred yards. INIeanwhile the plainly attired but dainty female is weaving a bulky nestin some weed-clump or grass-tussock hard by. Sometimes it is sunk in thecenter of a tussock almost to the level of the ground. At others it is lodgedin the spreading branches of a bush, or else the crowded heads of certainplants are brought together and made both
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