ELEGANT NEST. 



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Islands. This nest, like the last, is generally found 



in low swampy places, 



covered with low grasses. 



This bird, on account of its 



minute size, is incapable of 



twining together any stems 



of the aquatic plants which 



present a rigid structure; 



it therefore avails itself of 



the tall blades and stalks 



of grass. The bird pierces 



each blade, and draws the 



whole together by means of 



cottony threads, which are 



secured at each perforation 



with a knot as ingenious as 



if it had been the work of 



a sempstress. Having in 



this way bound together its 



scaffolding, it proceeds to 



construct its nest. This is 



composed of very fine 



fibrous materials. Like the 



last, while the method of 



its construction admits of a sufficient degree of 



Nest ofFantml Warbler. 



