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BY THE WAYSIDE 
Illinois Prize Letter. 
School 3, Maywood, Ill. 
Dear Wav side: 
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The Black and White Warbler arrives 
in April and departs in September or 
October. The nests are on the ground, 
and made of leaves, grass and hair. They 
lay four or five eggs with brown spots. 
They have a thin, wiry note, “see-see, 
see-see.” They come down the tree trunk 
sometimes head downwards. They 
scramble around the tree trunks intent 
for food getting. They look in the bark 
of tree trunks hunting for insect eggs. 
Yours truly, 
Aged 10. Clara Mary Surrel. 
Wisconsin Prize Letter. 
Rhinelander, Wis., October 31, 1906. 
Dear Wayside: 
The Black and White Warbler is en¬ 
tirely black and white, having one black 
streak, and one white one, and then an¬ 
other black one. It is a very neat bird. 
He is an active bird and restless. He 
tlies from one place to another and if you 
turn vour back he will be in another tree. 
He is very much like the chickadee 
which makes a person think of him for 
his fondness of tree trunks and branches. 
He does not go down a tree head first. 
He has not many eggs. He has a high 
shrill tone. It is like “ti-ti-ti-ti.” His 
song is very pretty. He builds his nest 
of hairs and straw. He does not leave 
the hairs of his nest hanging out; he 
sticks them together so as to have it very 
pretty. $ The Black and White Warbler 
is five inches and one-fourth long. 
Yours sincerely, 
Aged 9. Ruby Hansley. 
School 3, Maywood, Ill. 
Dear Wayside: 
When I was going to school this morn¬ 
ing I saw a Black and White Warbler. 
He was going.around the tree. He had 
his head down. As soon as he saw me 
he flew to a tree near by. I went to the 
tree and he flew away again. 
Yours truly, 
Aged 11. Herbert Heineman. 
Maywood, Ill., October 1, 1906. 
Dear Wayside: 
One morning my brother got up; he 
looked out of the window* and he saw 
two little Wrens. The next morning they 
came back, so he made a bird house and 
they built a little nest. They stayed all 
summer till it got cold and they went 
down South. After they were gone he 
looked into the house and he found four 
little eggs. They were very small and 
were brown with little white dots. The 
nest was made of sticks, grass and hay. 
They would sit on the branches of the 
tree and sing. They sing so nicely. I 
would like to have one for a pet. I would 
sit and listen to it sing. 
Yours truly, 
Ella Decker. 
September 28, 1906. 
To-day a girl in our room brought a 
bird to school. I think it is a young 
Purple-finch, but Mrs. Reade thinks it 
isn't yellow enough. This year from 
Mav to August I saw at least two robins 
a day. Yours trulv, 
Ernest Waldt. 
Rhinelander, Wis., Oct. 29, 1906. 
Dear Wayside: 
I saw a little bird called a Black and 
White Creeping Warbler. It is about 
five inches in length. It was striped 
