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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
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ects are then more abundant. Its notes are sweet and mellow, and although not numerous, are easily dis-tinguished from those of any other Warbler. Like a true Sylvia, it is oftenseen hanging at the end of a branch, searching for insects. It never alightson the trunk of a tree, and in this particular differs from every other speciesof its genus. Its food is altogether of insects. To the inimitable skill of the worthy Jediah Irish in the use of the rifle,I am indebted for the possession of a nest of this bird. On discovering oneof the birds, we together watched it for hours, and at last had the good for-tune to see itself and its mate repeatedly enter a thick cluster of leaves, wherewe concluded their nest must be placed. The huntsmans gun was silentlyraised to his shoulder, the explosion followed in course, and as I saw the twigwhirling downwards, I experienced all the enthusiastic anxiety ever presentwith me on such occasions. Picking up the branch, I found in it a nest, N°17 PI. 83.
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