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A FEW WARBLERS. 



Thinking a few notes on some of the 

 Warblers might be of interest to the 

 readers of the Ospbey, I have ventured 

 the following from my experience with 

 them in this locality. 



Most all of the Warblers found here, 

 occur as migrants, remaining with us a 

 couple of weeks or so-in the fore part of 

 May and then passing on to their north- 

 ern breeding grounds, although there 

 are several species that remain with us 

 to breed. 



First in abundance and beauty is the 

 Yellow Warbler, whom every one knows 

 by his bright yellow plumage through 

 out, and who builds his nest in the bush 

 by our window and sings incessantly all 

 day long throughout the summer 

 months. 



Then there is the little Black-and- 

 white-creeping Warbler, who only 

 makes us a short visit in the spring, and 

 whose veritable zebra plumage of black 

 and white stripes, as he runs up and 

 down the trunks of the trees, is fully as 

 pleasing as his soft, lisping song. 



The Chestnut-sided Warbler, that 

 little fellow with a combination dress of 

 silk and satin, with a pretty waist of 

 bright chestnut, and the American Red- 

 start with his exceedingly rich costume 

 of jet black, trimmed with bright scarlet, 

 fairly setting the leaves on fire as he 

 darts through them; are both summer 

 residents here, and breed. The Chest- 

 nut-side thinks there is no place quite so 

 proper for a nest, while Madam Red- 

 start would not condescend to build her 



castle so near the ground, for anything. 



TI13 Blackburnian Warbler, as brilliant 

 as any, and much more familiar and in- 

 quisitive than some, occurs as a migrant, 

 and always seems to me, to be very de- 

 sirous of showing off his bright colors, 

 of which the many markings of rich 

 orange is the most conspicuous. 



No one of the Warblers, is, to my mine 1 , 

 so dignified and stately in appearance as 

 the Myrtle Warbler. Somewhat larger 

 than those already mentioned, and arriv- 

 ing in April, the first of his race, he also 

 occurs as a migrant, and is a very good- 

 looking gentleman. The bright yellow 

 of the crown, shoulders and rump is 

 only intensified by the rich markings of 

 slate and black elsewhere on his person. 

 His carriage is a model of grace and 

 dignity. 



(To be continued.) 



Netl F. Posson, 

 Medina, N. Y. 



AN OOLOGISTS' CABINET. 



One of the things I worried over a 

 great deal in the past was how to get a 

 suitable cabinet for my specimens. 



I first tried one with glass tops and 

 while it was very nice for visitors, I 

 found that my eggs faded very rapidly, 

 and as the compartments in the trays 

 were stationary, I could not have the sets 

 just as I wanted them — for sometimes as 

 every one knows, birds of the same 

 family will not lay eggs anywhere near 

 the same size, — and I want the eggs of 

 the same family together. 



I finally wrote to Mr. Flint, of San 



