WOOD NOTES AND NEST HUNTING. I 1 3 



lating to Ludovicus. It is likely that Louis the 

 Fourteenth was meant, as that King of France 

 took much interest in scientific matters, and in- 

 vited many of the leading men of science of his 

 day to visit his country. Among them was proba- 

 bly the great Swedish naturalist, who named the 

 bird partly after Louisiana — which was at that 

 time a more extended province than the present 

 State, and where these beautiful songsters are 

 plentiful — partly out of respect for the French 

 monarch, with whom he must have had pleasant 

 associations. 



But it seems pitiful thus to break in upon . this 

 brilliant songster's happiness, and detain him so 

 long in the present exigency ; so I move out of 

 his way, after teaching him a lesson — which he, 

 no doubt, will soon forget — that silence, at the 

 proper time, is the better part of wisdom. 



This low ground, where the swamp-roses and tall 

 meadow rue blossom in profusion, is the favor- 

 ite building-place of the Maryland yellow-throat. 

 Here is one at this moment, the female, moving 

 among the bushes apparently in an anxious state 

 of mind, now darting in and out of sight, now 

 alighting on a twig not ten feet away, her wings 

 quivering with fright or anger, and uttering that 



