Waiting for Warblers. 



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soon off to their more northern nesting-grounds. 

 Would a storm or a series of them that delayed 

 their progress for almost a month result in their 

 nestincr in more southern localities ? Has this ever 



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happened ? 



As regards many of the migrating warblers, it does 

 not seem to matter a great deal whether you are up 





Chestnut-sided Warbler. 



hill or down dale when looking for them. They are 

 as likely to be in one place as another. Of course 

 they have preferences, but these concern them only 

 when they are settled for the summer, and not when 

 on the move. I have seen these handsome chestnut- 

 sided warblers on the fences of our most unattractive 

 fields and busy as bees in the rank growths of the 

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