102 STARLIGHT AND SUNSHINE. 
ered an unmistakable fragment of 
one of these skins, tipped with its 
tiny pellucid glove. 
The winged seeds of plants are 
a staple article in the harvest 
for the nests. The great or- 
der of Composite feathers the 
A SNAKE-SKIN SPECIALIST. 
cradles of thousands of our 
birds, enveloping their egg- 
treasures or fledglings in a 
bed as soft as swan’s-down ; 
the plumy seeds of thistle, milk-weed, dandelion, and lettuce be- 
ing probably the most favored. 
Nuttall gives us a pretty picture of the home-building whims 
of the yellow warbler—a prize for the cabinet truly! 
* The nest 1s extremely neat and durable; the exterior is 
formed of layers of silk-weed lint, glutinously though shghtly at- 
tached to the supporting twig, mixed with some slender strips of 
fine bark and pine leaves, and thickly bedded with the down of 
