sites. Our northern yellow-throat commonly prefers to live 

 near the low, wet border of some running stream, while the 

 chestnut-sided warbler is quite as likely to be found anywhere 

 in sprout land, shrubbery or by the roadside., The pine warbler 

 prefers pitch pines, but the black-throated green warbler is 

 found more among white pines, where the crows and jays 

 breed. The prairie warbler usually is seen on hot or dry, sandy 

 or gravelly lands, among low shrubbery or scattering trees. 

 The redstart seems to like a coppice along a brook, while the 

 oven-bird may be found quite generally distributed among 

 deciduous woods. Scarlet tanagers feed largely on insects 

 infesting white oaks, and, together with rose-breasted grosbeaks, 

 usually may be found in or near large white oaks, but the 

 grosbeaks are not at all confined to the oaks, and usuall}^ breed 

 along running streams, in localities frequented by redstarts. 

 Both tanagers and grosbeaks often are common in mixed oak 

 and chestnut woods. 



Different species of sparrows also seek diverse localities. 

 The indigo buntings live much among the new sprout growths, 

 where woods recently have been cut off, or in bushy hillside 

 pastures. In the fall they go often to cornfields and gardens. 

 The towhees, or chewinks, usually inhabit, with the thrashers, 

 a slightly larger growth. Grasshopper sparrows, vesper spar- 

 rows and field sparrows are largely birds of the open upland 

 fields and pastures, while Henslow's sparrow seeks small patches 

 of low, wet grassland, or large meadows. The song sparrow 

 nests along the shores of rivers and ponds, near swamps or 

 springs, or on the banks of brooks or ditches, while the swamp 

 sparrow seems to prefer bushy swamps bordering on rivers or 

 ponds, and is seen often near the haunts of bitterns, herons, 

 and rails, which frequent marshes, meadows, and low grassy 

 shores. 



When to Look. 



Early mornings and late afternoons are the best times for 

 observation, partly because most birds are then active 'and 

 vociferous, and partly because there often is little wind move- 

 ment then. The least motion of a bird is noticed when the 

 branches and leaves are still, but when the wind blows, birds 



