NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



Warbler's song is like a good imitation of 

 the Blackcap's, but it is not so powerful 

 and brilliant. Some of its notes possess 



GARDEN WARBLER'S NEST AND EGGS 



the same bright, pure, musical quality, 

 but they are hurriedly delivered, shorter, 

 more broken up, as it were. On the 

 other hand, to compensate for this in- 

 ferior character there is more of it ; the 

 bird, sitting concealed among the cluster- 

 ing leaves, will sing by the hour, his rapid, 

 warbled strain sometimes lasting for 

 several minutes without a break." 

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