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warblers and flycatchers, whose chirps 
are rather striking. There is the beauti- 
ful little Humming bird, which we love 
to watch as it poises itself before the 
throat of some red flower, its wings 
moving so rapidly that they are nearly 
invisible. There are the Cuckoos, whose 
mournful note we sometimes hear from 
the apple trees in our orchards; the King- 
bird, the little Goldfinches and the hand- 
some Chewink, or Ground Robin—but if I 
should describe them all I should keep 
you here until morning, and I fear that 
my paper is already too long for your 
patience. I will say a few words about 
their nests, and then close. 
The Eagle nests on trees along sides of 
cliffs, its nest being made of large sticks 
and-moss. The large Duck Hawk builds 
a similar nest on the bare rock on some 
inaccessible cliff. The Humming bird 
builds a beautiful home, generally in an 
apple tree, its materials being of the fin- 
est and most delicate moss, and so 
