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THE BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND 
feet or so from the ground. The nest 
is strongly built of plant fibres and 
lined usually with fern down, or some 
other soft material. There four white 
eggs are laid, splotched and dotted 
about the larger end with purplish 
brown. This is one of the birds most 
frequently burdened with the eggs of 
the Cowbird, and it often happens that 
the little warbler roofs over her first 
nest and builds on it a second one in 
her efforts to be rid of such an unwel¬ 
come guest. 
The other familiar member of this 
family is the Chestnut-sided Warbler, 
and is one of the most beautiful— 
black and white, with a yellow cap, 
and yellow wingbars set off by its dis¬ 
tinguishing mark of bright chestnut: 
this bird makes the hillsides and wood¬ 
ed places cheerful by its song. Its 
nest, generally found in some low bush 
on a hillside, is suspended between 
Chestnut-Sided Warbler 
two branches, or a small fork of a 
shrub, and contains usually four eggs 
very much like those of the Yellow 
Warbler in size and marking. It is 
one of the most perfect examples of 
bird architecture and does not easily 
escape the notice of the ornithologist. 
Another variety of Warbler often 
seen in large numbers during the 
spring migration, is the Yellow Rump, 
a showy little bird in blue, gray and 
yellow. It breeds but seldom in New 
England, except in the more Northern 
States, and then sparingly. 
The Warbler family is very large, 
and in addition to those birds already 
mentioned, one may see in the spring 
the following: Canadian, Wilson’s. 
Hooded, Maryland Yellow-throat, 
Mourning, Connecticut, Prairie, Pine 
Creeping, Yellow Palm, Yellow 
Throated, Bay-breasted, Magnolia. 
Black-throated Blue, Cape May, Ten¬ 
nessee, Orange-crowned, Nashville. 
Golden-winged, Blue-winged, Worm¬ 
eating, Prothonotary, and Black and 
White. The last named, sometimes 
known as the Black and White 
Creeper, is familiar to many lovers of 
the woods. He is often to be seen 
Great Blue Heron 
