WESTERN BIRDS Warbler 



ary, the majority not appearing before April. Often- 

 times the willow thickets, along a stream, are alive with 

 these gay little Black-caps. They are not at all shy but 

 paying no attention to any one, forage rapidly over 

 brush and tree, keeping up a thin, sharp chit note. Some- 

 times I have heard them sing but, like most musical 

 attempts of the family, it is chiefly interesting because 

 it comes from the throat of so beautiful a bird. It is 

 not a long strain and the last of it is a sort of guttural 

 trill. 



Like its western cousin, it nests a few feet from the 

 ground in blackberry tangles, ferns, weeds, or crotch of 

 tree, weaving a rather bulky nest, with compact inside. 



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