328 HOODED WARBLER 



for Warblers, on a slope above one of the little 

 ponds. 



Since that first glimpse of the handsome bird I 

 have had the delight of seeing him on his nesting 

 grounds. What a choice place it was, too, just 

 suited to the distinguished beauty ! High-arch- 

 ing, vine-draped woods they were, carpeted with 

 dense vegetable undergrowth, and made beautiful 

 by clear brooks winding in and out through the 

 greenery. His loud song rang out continuously, 

 giving us the pleasant assurance of his presence, 

 though he hunted so low in the thicket we had 

 only rare glimpses of his pretty face. 



The song is rather a hard one to describe. Mr. 

 Nehrling gives it as we-che-e-o, but this is some- 

 times prefaced by a number of short notes. 



The nest of the Hooded, as one would naturally 

 imagine, is hung low in the crotch of a bush or 

 sapling, and it is made of leaves, strips of bark, 

 and rootlets. The eggs are white, thinly spotted 

 with brown, generally in a wreath around the 

 larger end. 



