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are several others of the smaller warblers, 
all with musical chirpings, but less no- 
ticeable. They help sound the grand 
chorus, and we cannot spare them from 
the choir. 
The Starling, or Meadow Lark, you 
will see on the pasture lands and in the 
grass near the brooks. It is sometimes 
called the Marsh Quail. Its note is long, 
rich and plaintive, and often sounded 
from the ground or fence rail. 
The Baltimore Oriole, called sometimes 
the Golden Robin, sometimes the Hang 
Bird, from its habit of hanging its nest 
from the limb of some tall elm, is very 
handsome. It is a constant visitor 
wherever the tree is large enough to en- 
able it to hang its pouch-like nest from 
the slender tip of the branches. He 
comes to us when the cherries are in 
bloom and when the oaks and the maples 
are unfolding their leaves. Its call is 
musical. Its head, neck and back are 
lack, elsewhere its color is bright 
