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was greeted by its peculiar notes at Bloom Switch on a hill- 

 side covered with second growth oak scrub and stones, on a 

 place often hunted over in the past. There he was building a 

 nest, but before it was finished I had to leave. I found him 

 frequently there, especially on May 31st, but it takes a stout 

 heart to penetrate this scrub very much, for the deadly copper- 

 head is at home there with an occasional rattlesnake added for 

 special enjoyment. The song is loud, of a shrill rising nature 

 as if it was climbing up an ethereal ladder, and cannot be mis- 

 taken under any circumstances. 



All told, the Bird World of southern Ohio is enriched more 

 and more with new forms and being but little, if ever, disturb- 

 ed, bids fair to remain in the future what it has been to the 

 writer in the past, a source of joy and delightful study for the 

 lover of birds as well as for the professional ornithologist. 



