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Birds in a City 



[FIRST WEEK 



YOUNG MARYLAND YELLOW-THROATS. 



are among the most abundant breeders, while chickadees 

 and white-breasted nuthatches are less often seen. The 

 bluebird haunts the hollow apple trees, and of the thrushes 

 proper the veery or Wilson and the splendid wood 

 thrush sing to their mates on the nests among the sap- 

 lings. 



The rarest of all the birds which I have found nesting 

 in the Park is a little yellow and green warbler, with a 



