96 STARLIGHT AND SUNSHINE. 
j curious pains for enlightenment as to the 
editorial discrimination of these nests, 
and considering the popular name 
which Wilson Flagg has bestowed 
upon the bird, “the Preacher,” 
from its well-known habit of 
launching precepts by the hour 
from its tree-top pulpit—the 
text from my nest would cer- 
tainly seem to reinforce his 
happy title. In this nest are 
about six pieces of newspaper, 
of various jagged shapes and 
sizes; but among them all 
the only complete sen- 
tence anywhere to be 
discovered in the print 
—and this appearing as 
though obviously treas- 
ured—is the follow- 
ing: “Have in view 
the will of God.” 
And yet I 
suppose there 
are those who 
would affirm that 
this selection was a 
matter in which the voli- 
tion of the bird had no part 
whatever ! 
‘ It has always been a 
favorite pastime with me, 
in my autumn walks, this 
dissecting of abandoned nests of all kinds, then disclosed to view 
in the denuded woods—this unravelling of the warp and woof 
of these nature-woven fabrics, extracting the secrets of the downy 
: 
ates 
a ne meeyh \ 
Fath ben 
PPR. cS oe 
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