IN THE CATSKILLS 



In July, the young which have been reared in 

 the same neighborhood, and which are now of a dull 

 fawn color, begin to collect in small flocks, which 

 grow to be quite large in autumn. 



The speckled Canada is a very superior warbler, 

 having a lively, animated strain, reminding you of 

 certain parts of the canary's, though quite broken 

 and incomplete; the bird, the while, hopping amid 

 the branches with increased liveliness, and indul- 

 ging in fine sibilant chirps, too happy to keep silent. 



His manners are quite marked. He has a habit 

 of courtesying when he discovers you which is very 

 pretty. In form he is an elegant bird, somewhat 

 slender, his back of a bluish lead-color becoming 

 nearly black on his crown : the under part of his 

 body, from his throat down, is of a light, delicate 

 yellow, with a belt of black dots across his breast. 

 He has a fine eye, surrounded by a light yellow 

 ring. 



The parent birds are much disturbed by my pre- 

 sence, and keep up a loud emphatic chirping, which 

 attracts the attention of their sympathetic neigh- 

 bors, and one after another they come to see what 

 has happened. The chestnut-sided and the Black- 

 burnian come in company. The black and yellow 

 warbler pauses a moment and hastens away; the 

 Maryland yellow-throat peeps shyly from the lower 

 bushes and utters his "Fip! fip!" in sympathy; 

 the wood pewee comes straight to the tree overhead, 

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