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the twigs are parted. The birds often sit close, and hurry away 

 as the nest-hunter's stick passes over the spot. 



The Yellow-breasted Chat may sometimes be heard singing 

 early in the season. Later it becomes silent or moves entirely 

 away. In the absence of nesting records, its place in the breed- 

 ing avifauna is not secure. 



If all warblers warbled as well as the Canadian, their name 

 would not be a misnomer. Its sweet, rapid song comes spark- 

 ling from the wet thickets with a vigor not common in the 

 family. The nest is well concealed under a projecting bank or 

 root, usually near water. 



Although numerous in the valley at Stroudsburg, the Redstart 

 is seldom seen on the Pocono Plateau during summer. This 

 contributes considerably to the peace of mind of the bird-student; 

 for in my judgment, of all the warbler notes, those of the Red- 

 start are the hardest to keep straight. This difficulty is not 

 lessened by the fact that the young males sing freely while still 

 in the garb of the female. 



The Catbird is numerous, nesting abundantly in small spruces 

 or other thick places. 



The Brown Thrasher is less common, being found in the culti- 

 vated and scrub-covered districts. One or two nests have been 

 found, as flat on the ground as a chewink's. 



The Carolina Wren has been recorded once and the Winter 

 Wren a few times. The former is probably accidental, the latter 

 irregular or local. 



The House Wren is partly the civilized little fellow so 

 familiar about our buildings and partly an inhabitant of the 

 remote clearings and stumpy tracts where he shares the cavities 

 with bluebirds, grackles and tree swallows. 



Samuel N. Rhoads reports the Brown Creeper at Pocono 

 Lake. In several seasons there, the writer has not met with it. 



Of the two Nuthatches, the Red-breasted is rather more 

 numerous than the White-breasted, The deliberate '' ank, ank, 

 ank, ank" of the former is a characteristic sound of the heavy 

 forest. Both birds probably finish their nesting before the 

 summer visitors arrive to observe them. 



The Black-capped Chickadee is a loveable little bird, so ready 



