THE CHESTNUT - SIDED WARBLER 



saddled on the forks of small bushes. The 

 nest of 1897 was suspended between two shoots 

 of a currant bush, about twenty inches from 

 the ground. This was a new departure, and 

 led me to have a picture made of the nest. 

 There was a bunch of currants in the way and 

 the bird fastened it to the side of the nest with 

 spiders-web. The currants show in the pic- 

 ture. 



The book informs us that the nest of this 

 warbler is never pensile, but if the nest in my 

 currant bush was not pensile, what may we call 

 it? It was fastened at the brim to two up- 

 right currant stems without support at the 

 bottom. The brim was fashioned first. 

 It was composed of straws, shreds of cedar 

 bark, and dry grass blades. The same 

 material was fastened to the brim and 

 arranged to cross, thus forming the bot- 

 tom and sides. The tying material used was 

 spiders-web and silken threads from some 

 cocoon unknown to me. The nest was lined 

 with fine straw and horsehair. All the nests 

 previously made by this bird contained a lib- 

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