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nest is on the ground, beside a stump or log or 

 under a rock. 



HOODED WARBLER 



His funny little song, usually described as 

 "You must come' to the woods' or you won't see 

 me," sounds to me more like "Che-wee, che-wee, 

 che-wee, why it's you!" but every ear finds, no 

 doubt, a different interpretation of such a hur- 

 ried jingle. 



I have watched him go over a whole budding 

 maple, whose glutinous juices attracted a horde 

 of small dancing insects, from time to time 

 uttering this song between bites, and seizing 

 whatever came in his way. Sometimes he darted 

 out to catch a mouthful on the wing, and each 

 time I heard the snap of his tiny beak, as of a 

 bit of chalk broken. He is very oddly marked 

 with what looks like a black skating helmet 

 pulled over his bright yellow head. 



TENNESSEE WARBLER 



This rather colorless Warbler is surely mis- 

 named, since it is as common in several other 

 States as in Tennessee, and is not more numer- 

 ous there than, for instance, the Prairie Warbler. 

 Its color is olive green on the back, with bluish 

 gray head; the breast is white; there is a white 

 line over the eye. The nest is made of fine vege- 



