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THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS. 
selecting the root of a bush or hedge, where, secure 
from observation, under the shelter of some over- 
hanging grass or weed, she lays a solid foundation 
of moss ; then, intertwining moss, hair, and fine grass, 
constructs a neat and rounded habitation, which she 
carefully hides under an archway, covered over with 
leaves, leaving only a very small door- way for entrance. 
Having thus assigned to each of my warblers his 
trade or profession, I will leave my readers to 
ponder over these interesting examples of the in- 
genuity, art, and perseverance, of these sylvan 
minstrels, " the warbling artizans of the woods." 
For my own part, I cannot conceive a more interest- 
ing sight in nature, than the nests of these different 
feathered songsters, so elegantly and tastefully con- 
structed. Our poet, Wordsworth, who has an eye 
to see, and heart to feel, all the beauties and rational 
enjoyments which even the poorest may partake of, 
seems particularly interested by the sight of one, and 
thus exclaims : — 
Behold, within the leafy shade 
" Those bright blue eggs together laid; 
On me the chance-discovered sight 
Gleamed like a vision of delight/' 
