. St. Nicholas [serial] . he scanty-feathered,bobtailed youngsters jumped blindly out ofthe nest into the bushes below. The motheroutdid all previous performances. She simplydoubled and twisted in agonized , not to be fooled, I kept an eye on onenestling and soon replaced him in the nestwhere he belonged. Nature always hides suchcreatures from me by the simple wave of herwand. I ve seen a flock of half a dozengrouse flutter up into a fir and disappear, tomy eyes, as mysteriously as fog in the sunshine. This fidgety bit of featherhood is called theblack-throated gray warbler, bu
. St. Nicholas [serial] . he scanty-feathered,bobtailed youngsters jumped blindly out ofthe nest into the bushes below. The motheroutdid all previous performances. She simplydoubled and twisted in agonized , not to be fooled, I kept an eye on onenestling and soon replaced him in the nestwhere he belonged. Nature always hides suchcreatures from me by the simple wave of herwand. I ve seen a flock of half a dozengrouse flutter up into a fir and disappear, tomy eyes, as mysteriously as fog in the sunshine. This fidgety bit of featherhood is called theblack-throated gray warbler, but it is onlythe male that has a black throat. He is notthe whole species. His wife wears a whitecravat, and she, to my thinking, is a deal moreimportant in warbler affairs. Mr. Warblerseemed unavoidably detained away from homeon matters of business or social importancethe greater part of the day, when the childrenwere crying for food. The first day we really met the gentlemanface to face we were trying to get a photograph. THERE, instead of four, were only two SMALL NESTLINGS. of the mother as she came home to feed. Shehad gotten quite used to the camera. We hadit leveled point-blank at the nest, only a yarddistant. A gray figure came flitting over the 9i8 WARBLER WAYS. [Aug. tree-top and planted himself on the limb rightbeside his home. He carried a green cut-
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