WARBLER, YELLOW. SUMMER YELLOW- 

 BIRD 



From much living in the sunshine through countless 

 generations, its feathers have finally become the color of 

 sunshine itself, and hi disposition, as well, it is nothing 

 if not sunny and bright. 



NELTJE BLANCHAN. Bird Neighbors. 23 



The little warbler sings as he works, and his song seems 

 the natural out-pouring of happiness akin to the opening 

 of leaves and flowers. 



FLORENCE A. MERRIAM. Birds of Village and Field. 1 



It is amusing to watch the sagacity of this little bird 

 in disposing of the eggs of the vagrant and parasitic cow- 

 bird. The egg .... too large for ejectment, is ingen- 

 iously incarcerated hi the bottom of the nest, and a new 

 lining placed over it, so that it is never hatched to prove 



the dragon of the brood I have heard of two 



instances hi which three of the yellowbird's own eggs 

 were covered along with that of the cowbird. In a third, 

 after a cowbird's egg had been thus concealed, a second 

 was laid, which was similarly treated, thus finally giving 

 rise to a three-storied nest. 



Nuttall's Ornithology. 26 

 SONG: 



" Sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet-sweeter. " 



Yellow Bird 



Yellow bird, where did you learn that song, 

 Perched on the trellis where grape vines clamber, 

 In and out fluttering, all day long, 

 With your golden breast bedropped with amber? 



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