. I nostri uccelli : una storia naturale familiare degli uccelli degli Stati Uniti . o:scorci di castnutarancio. Costruisce un nido curioso, sospeso in modo modico tra i rami a forcella di un basso cespuglio nella parte più densa di un thicket; e' composto da corbone di lino, che è ben intessuto in un sacchetto pulito, rivestito di capelli o il morbido giù da varie piante; il tutto è ben fissato ai gambi da cui è appeso, dai fili di stoppa o di lino che sono tensionati intorno a loro. Mentre la femmina è seduta, l'uccello themale spesso teme zoppia, per attirare l'attenzione di un intru
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. Our own birds : a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States . o:thened marks of chestnutorange. It builds a curious nest, suspended mostlyamong the forked branches of a low bush in thedensest part of a thicket; it is composed of flax ortow, which is well woven into a neat little bag, andlined with hair or the soft down from various plants;the whole is well fastened to the stems from whichit is hung, by the threads of tow or flax being tightlytwisted about them. While the female is sitting, themale bird will often feign lameness, in order to drawaway the attention of an intruder from the objectsof his affectionate care.The Maryland Yel-low-throat is the hum-ble and retired occu-pant of the low bushesand briers which aregenerally found grow-ing on the banks ofsmall streams and inwet marshy places:here it twitters out itssweet and animatedsong of Whitititi!Whitititi! repeatingit in rapid successionfor a few times, as itrambles aniono- the ^^ . _. „ „ ^ , . ■^ upper fg.— Yellow-poll Warbler, branches where its food Lower ^^.-Magnolla Warbler.. 96 INSESSORES is lurking. Its ambition seldom tempts it to leave thevicinity of the chosen spot where its. nest is hung, nor to fly much above the level of the Alder andHazel tops which surround its dwelling. It will, however, sometimes stray into the fields of growinggrain, where it undoubtedly renders great service bythe destruction of ? multitude of noxious insects. Both of these little birds are selected by the fe-male Cow Bunting as foster-parents, to whom shecommits the care of her young, by dropping her eggsin their nests. This singular and unnatural habit, of which we may say more in a future chapter, webelieve does not exist in any other bird but the Eu-ropean Cuckoo, and is a curious instance of the won-derful variety to be seen everywhere in the works ofan Omnipotent Deity. There are above twenty other species of theselovely little birds, some of which are very conspicuous for their beauty;among t
