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every nest of this species that I located would be destroyed 

 in some manner before the eggs hatched or something would 

 take the little ones while they were very small. The fact 

 that most of the nests were in a locality where chipmunks 

 and grackles abounded was perhaps responsible for the 

 great destruction of eggs and young. 



Prairie Warbler. 



These beautiful little warblers are very locally distribut- 

 ed. They nest usually in small colonies, one of which hap- 

 pens to be on a certain side hill where I have succeeded in 

 making pictures of a great many species of birds. Each 

 male seems to have his own little section and also a favorite 



