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cipal difference being that Cairn's has black 

 spots on the back. The female is of very differ- 

 ent feather, dull olive, and apt to puzzle the 

 observer; but like the male she has a distinct 

 white spot in the middle of the wing that serves 

 as a mark of identification. 



This is a true Wood Warbler, and hunts its 

 food among the thickest of greenery, building its 

 nest in a dense bush near the ground. 



CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER 



Like the Golden-winged and the Black- 

 throated Green Warblers, this restless little 

 Warbler dwells among us only by caprice, and 

 then chiefly among the mountains or in wooded 

 hills. He nests in the bushes and undergrowth, 

 keeping himself and his family pretty well hid- 

 den after a short visit to our orchards and gar- 

 dens, immediately after his arrival in the May 

 migration. We may see him either on the ground 

 picking up ants, or in the green thicket of leaves 

 in pursuit of worms and small insects : a very 

 bright and lively fellow, with nearly all the 

 Warbler colors patched together in his coat, 

 though it is the chestnut side streaks, sometimes 

 spoken of as "bloody," that give him his name. 



The song has been cleverly suggested by the 

 syllables, "I wish I wish I wish to see Miss 

 Beecher." 



