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Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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wer hasspoken of the Warbling Vireo in thefollowing words: This Vireo, morethan any other of its genus, if not ex-clusively, is to a large extent a residentof villages, towns, and even cities.It is by far the sweetest singer thatventures within their crowded streetsand public squares, and the melody ofits song is exquisitely soft and beauti-ful. It is chiefly to be found amongthe tall trees, in the vicinity of dwel-lings, where it seems to delight tostay, and from their highest tops tosuspend its pensile nest. It is espe-cially abundant among the elms onBoston Common, where at almost anyhour of the day, from early in themonth of May until long after sum-mer has gone, may be heard the pro-longed notes of this, one of the sweet-est and most constant of our singers.Dr. Brewer also speaks of its melodyas being flute-like. Its song is perhapsthe best means of noting its presence,for it is more often heard than seen asit spends luost of its time among theupper branches of the trees where it
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From col. F. M. Woodruff. WARBLING VIREO. (Vireo gilvus.)Life-size. Copjrigliteil l!Ml(i,byA. W. Mumford, Chicago. is hidden from view by the foliaj^e.Then, too, it does not attract attentionfor its dress is not at all conspicuous.Though trees are its habitat, it is onlyvery rarely seen in our deeper forests.The pensile nests of the WarblingVireos are generally constructed intall trees where they are suspendedfrom forked twigs near the extremitiesof the branches. While they are usual-ly built at an elevation of from thirtyto fifty feet above the ground, theyare not infrequently located muchlower. The eminent ornithologist Au-dubon has given us a most interesting-account of the building of a nest bya pair of these Vireos. It was con-structed in a poplar tree, near his win-dow, in Camden, New Jersey. Hesays: One morning I observed bothof them at work: They had alreadyattached some slender blades of grassto the knots of the branch and thebark of the trunk, and had given thema circular di

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