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STARLIGHT AND SUNSHINE. 



ered an unmistakable fragment of 

 one of these skins, tipped with its 

 tiny pellucid glove. 



The winged seeds of plants are 

 a staple article in the harvest 

 for the nests. The great or- 

 der of Composite feathers the 



A SNAKE-SKIN SPECIALIST. 



cradles of thousands of our 

 birds, enveloping their egg- 

 treasures or fledglings in a 

 bed as soft as swan's-down ; 

 the plumy seeds of thistle, milk-weed, dandelion, and lettuce be- 

 ing probably the most favored. 



Nuttall gives us a pretty picture of the home-building whims 

 of the yellow warbler a prize for the cabinet truly! 



" The nest is extremely neat and durable ; the exterior is 

 formed of layers of silk-weed lint, glutinously though slightly at- 

 tached to the supporting twig, mixed with some slender strips of 

 fine bark and pine leaves, and thickly bedded with the down of 



