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THE HOODED WARBLER. 
you hear him you decide that Nature, in a fit of humor, intended him for 
a feathered clown; but when you see him, and observe his serious air, his 
intent gaze, and his nervous movements, you conclude that, after all, he is 
not in fun, but that with him 
“life is real, life is earnest.” 
He is either whistling to keep 
his courage up, or else his agi- 
tation is so great that he must 
give expression to it. 
One of his quaintest per- 
formances is to dart out into 
the air with a loud cry, hold his 
flapping wings far above him, 
and let his body and legs dan- 
gle loosely while he swings 
down again into the tangle- 
wood. ‘The nests of the Chats 
are bully affairs, and are built 
in the bushes. A few strands 
of grapevine were woven into 
almost every nest I have ever 
found, and I have discovered 
scores of them not only in 
Ohio, but also in many other 
PEE Coney. Rev. W. Pe a ee States. 
NOT WORTH SCOLDING ABOUT. LEANDER S. KEYSER. 
No. 85. 
a HOODED WARBLER. 
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A. O. U. No. 684. Wilsonia mitrata (Gmel.). 
Description.—Adult male: A golden mask, including forehead and cheeks, 
superimposed on a black hood, which covers the head and neck all around and 
reaches the fore-breast; back, etc. bright olive-green; wings and tail fuscous with 
olive-green edgings; the two outer pairs of tail feathers white on the inner webs 
for exposed length; remaining under parts, including lining of wing, bright 
yellow, abruptly contrasting with the black of hood; bill and rictal bristles black; 
feet pale. Adult female: Black hood much less distinct or wanting —showing 
only traces of black on nape, etc. ; outlines of golden mask sometimes indistinguish- 
able below, partially veiled by olive-green skirtings above: under parts impure 
yellow. Jmmature male: Like adult male, but the black feathers of hood with 
