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The Young Ornithologist. 



A Monthly devoted to the promotion of the 

 Sciences of Ornithology and Oology. 



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ARTHUR A. CHILD, 



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 for our paper. It is a narrative of a vaca- 

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 uralists. Besides lieing very interesting, 

 it will contain a great deal of information 

 i n regard to the Birds, Nests and Eggs, 

 wiiich thev saw, and descriptions of those 

 they secured while on their journey and 

 during their sojourn at the place they se- 

 lected for their summer visit. 'riie'" first 

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thp: black and yellow 



WARBLER. 



The wild grape, that common and 

 exquisitely graceful ornament of our 

 woods, has completely enshrouded a 

 clump of bushes yonder ; and as the 

 leaves are just putting forth, of a 

 reddish-tinted texture, and hoary with 

 down, they seem particularly attract- 

 ive to the passing crowd of Warblers. 

 There comes from its bowery depths 

 a whistling warble, very liquid and 

 sweet, and so soft that it can be 

 heard only a few feet distant, -'whee- 

 cho, whee-cho, whee-cho, whee-cho, 

 whee-cho." After peering cautiously 

 for several minutes, I recognize the 

 quick-flitting movement of the Black 

 and Y'ellow Warbler {DenlrcecM macu- 

 losa). In its Northern breeding-place 

 its song is a loud, clear whistle, which 

 may be imitated b}" the syllables chee- 

 to, chee-to, chee-to, chee-tee-ee, ut- 

 tered rapidly and ending with a fall- 

 ing inflection. It is interesting to 

 note how faint and imperfect an at- 

 tempt at the final and full song in 

 their breeding-grounds is the occa- 

 sional soft, lisping warble of the War- 

 blers as they pass us in their migra- 

 tions. Anyone thus studying these 

 soft utterances has the merest pre- 

 lude to the final burst of J03' when 

 the bird reaches its summer home. 



I cannot always see maculosa as 

 early as this, but may find it quite 

 common about the 18th oi' 2Uth of 

 this genial month of Mav- Emitting 

 a soft note, e-a, e-a, i;)robablv a faint 



