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about five miles back in the county in a North East direction, is 

 a favorite locality for them and they can be found at different 

 places alone the swamp. None of the places are further than 

 four miles in a strai.iL^ht line while one pair breeds in a swampy 

 thicket on the outskirts of the town, a most unfavorable lo- 

 cality as it is bordered by a lar^e Woolen Mill and the Railroad. 

 The other four places are fiirther in the country and are very 

 secluded. 



With a pair of Field Glasses the Cardinal can be seen at 

 a great distance in winter, and recognized at once bv his bril- 

 liant plumage and crest. If he thinks he is unobserved he will 

 sing his melodious whistle with some notes not unlikothe Caro- 

 lina Wren and Crested Tit, a strange coincidence of three birds 

 being so similar in range, voice and habits. 



Although no nests have been found of the Cardinal around 

 here, 1 am certain that it does breed. 



hi spring and summer when the birds are abundant, the 

 Cardinal while noted on a walk is apt to be slighted for the 

 other birds which are around in such profusion. Whereas in 

 winter when the other birds are few and far between, the Card- 

 inal has to be seen to be appreciated, when his brilliant color 

 against the white background makes a picture not easily forgot- 

 ten. 



Thomas D. Keim. "Bristol, Penna. 



THREE DAYS WITH THE WARBLER. 



Ever since I became acquainted with the nesting habits of 

 our local Warblers, an almost irresistable impulse annually leads 

 me to familiar woods, swamps and old pastures, if only for 

 a few hours stolen from more important duties, to ascertain if 

 our representatives of this interesting family have once more 

 returned to their old breeding grounds. If by chance the 

 ground has been burned over or cleared by means of the knife 

 or ax, 1 am much cast down and again correspondingly elated if 

 a hitherto vacant fence corner or bit of wooded hillside be 

 tenanted. Late in the morning of the 27th of May, in a re- 

 connoitering mood, I took a walk to the nearest wooded hill- 



