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Title: The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Dawson, William Leon, 1873- Jones, Lynds, b. 1865
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Columbus, The Wheaton publishing co.

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i hspmgs a n d trillingswith the fulltide of song. The Myrtlesare usually thefirst of the\\arblers to ar-r i V e in thespring, as theyare the last todepart in thefall. For a weekthey are abun-dant, and theirsturdy chip be-comes easily themost familiarof W a r b 1 e rnotes. Other en-terprising War-blers not a fewa c c e pt theirpromise of safec o n d u c t, butone scrutinizesa dozen of the Myrtles to find one of another species. During the first ten days of Maythe order (if abundance is reversed, and the last dilatory matron has disap-peared or every lazy Black-poll cumes. Myrtle is a handsome fellnw, but he is too sensible to put on airs. Trees,bushes or fence-rails are alike to him, and he is not above alighting on theground to secure a fat grub. Now and then a pleasant song is heard, a dainty,silvery warble, rather light, and, one suspects, since the singer is so far fromhome, not full-voiced vet. THE TRESS Photo by theA F.WOUITF. WOODS-EUGE. iRE ONLY HALE DRESSED WHEN MYRTLE COMES.
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MAGNOLIA WARBLER Dcndroic-a manifont Life-size THE MAGNOLIA WARBLER. 143 The autumnal movement is less hurried than that of spring. At thisseason the birds often gather in flocks of forty or more, and linger for weeksin sunny, half-wooded pastures, or about the orchards. Here they spendmuch time in the tall weeds, after the fashion of Goldfinches, huntingfor insects, indeed, but in lieu of them often accepting seed. Thus they willoccasionally tarr)- late into November, and do not fear tire exposure resultingfrom the falling leaves, since a yellow rump-spot is all that is left them of thegarish beauties of spring. Yellow-rumped Warblers are reported as wintering commonly insouthern Indiana, but Rev. W. F. Henninger did not find them in the lowerScioto valley. Dr. Langdon of Cincinnati has records for March 4 andNovember 29, and it is not improbable that they winter sparingly in the moresheltered spots of the Ohio River counties. They are reported as abundant atthat season in Florida, w

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