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ing combinations, and when you find that they 

 differ entirely with age and sex, you despair of 

 ever knowing them. 



Why they should be called warblers is a puzzle, 

 as a large percentage of them have not as much 

 song as chippy nothing but a thin chatter, or a 

 shrill piping trill. If you wish a negative concep- 

 tion of them, think of the coloring and habits of 

 the cuckoo. No contrast could be more complete. 

 The best places to look for them during migration 

 are young trees, orchards, and sunny slopes. Here 

 I find them in old orchards, swamps, the rasp- 

 berry patch, and the edge of the woods. In 

 Northampton they showed an annoying fondness 

 for pine-tree tops, but atoned for it by giving us 

 the best views of them in the orchards and on the 

 steep bank of Mill River. 



LX. 



SUMMER YELLOW-BIRD ; GOLDEN WARBLER ; YEL- 

 LOW WARBLER. 



IF you have caught glimpses of this little war- 

 bler building in your orchard or the shrubbery of 

 your garden, you may have wondered about his 

 relation to the other yellow-bird the goldfinch. 

 But when you look at them critically you will find 

 the two entirely distinct. The goldfinch dons a 

 bright canary suit, set off by black cap, wings, 



