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Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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I^LMAN, Maiden. Mass. With photographs from nature by the author ylMONG the large number of nests I found last spring, the most inter-jI~\^ esting of all was that of a Black and White Warbler. I was passingthrough the oak grove where her nest was finally built, one after-noon in late May, when I first saw her. She was carrying a straw fromplace to place, trying to find a good foundation on which to start herhome. After about fifteen minutes waiting, I made up my mind she had foundthe right place; for she had spent some time under the edge of a projectingledge, picking up the leaves with her feet and bill, and had finally gone. A Black and White Creeper Family 171 after laying her straw across the desired place. I did not wait longer thatday, lest I drive her away by my presence. Not many afternoons passed before I visited her again, and found every-thing running smoothly and made the acquaintance of the male. He wasa finely marked fellow; but he was always very shy and never gave me a
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BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER, NEST AND EGGS chance to know himvery well. I couldgenerally find himrunning about theboughs of some near-by oaks, always sing-ing between everymouthful. The fe-male soon becameaccustomed to myfrequent visits, andbusied herself abouther work in the usual manner. The male did not take any active part in the building, although I sawhim drop three or four straws on the nest. When she had begun to lay I visited her every day, lying nearer her eachtime as I watched her. By the fifth of June five eggs were laid. The firstweek after she was done laying she did not seem to be so careful about stay-ing on the nest, for twice I found her ofif feeding with the male. Buttoward the last of the incubation time one of the birds was constantly onthe nest. I found the male sitting usually at about dusk, but I think thefemale sat on the eggs over night. She would not leave even if I touchedher, nor would she move if the camera was set close beside her. 1 think Inever heard an al

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