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Vermilion Flycatcher 
Male and female, about % life size 
From a water-color painting by Major Allan Brooks 
(ESTER 
r: EXPOSED SITUATIONS 
beast, who 
c o v e t s h e r 
handiwork. 
The nest under 
survey in the 
illustration 
accompanying 
was discovered 
to us by a fe¬ 
male Audubon 
Warbler, who 
was out after 
house-furnish¬ 
ings. When 
she spied this 
treasure she 
chortled with 
delight, and 
proceeded to 
help herself to 
s om e of the 
choicest hang¬ 
ings. Quick 
as a flash the 
Pewee was up¬ 
on her; and 
fr o m the 
s crirnmage 
which followed 
the w a r b 1 e r 
emerged a 
bootless and 
chastened 
bird. Chip¬ 
munks fare no 
better; and as 
jphres do adorn our cabinets, it is only because 
ad’ am igo of this sad-voiced buc valiant-hearted 
