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Fig. 155. NEST OF MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT. 



One morning a handsome little egg appeared in the nest^ 

 — delicate^ white^ spotted chiefly about the large end. The 

 next morning another similar one lay beside it. At some 

 time during that day the imposter appeared^ a Cowbird. 

 As Mrs. Yellow-throat was not at home and the gallant sire 

 was having an argument with some of his neighbors, she set- 

 tled comfortably on the top of the little nest and when she 

 left, there were three eggs, one much larger than the others 

 and more thickly spotted. 



Xo one can tell the feelings of a little bird when it finds 



