. Uccelli e natura . chipping passero, ma più musicaland in una chiave più alta. Al Dott. Wheatonits ritornello è un canto forte, enfatico e ratermonotono, che assomiglia, come vicino può descrivere, alle sillabe, chicky-tick-tick-tick-tick; questa canzone è stata più forte e decisamente enfatizzata di thatof qualsiasi membro del genere con cui era a conoscenza. Colonnello Goss hearsin la canzone un paio di dolci trills utteredin un modo spiritato e improvvisamente finingin una scala crescente. Il suo nido è di solito costruito sulle groundin grumi di cespugli e foglie abbastanza nascoste bydried. Il nido è grande per thesize dell'uccello, un

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. Birds and nature . chipping sparrow, but more musicaland in a higher key. To Dr. Wheatonits refrain is a loud, emphatic and rathermonotonous song, resembling, as nearlyas he can describe, the syllables, chicky-tick-tick-tick-tick; this song was louderand more decidedly emphasized than thatof any member of the genus with whichhe was acquainted. Colonel Goss hearsin the song a few sweet trills utteredin a spirited manner and abruptly endingin a rising scale. Its nest is usually built on the groundin clumps of bushes and quite hidden bydried leaves. The nest is large for thesize of the bird, and is constructed withplant stems, strips of fibrous bark anddry grasses loosely woven together. Notinfrequently also leaves are used in theconstruction of this outer wall. That thelittle birds may have a soft bed uponwhich to lie the nest is well lined withfur and feathers where the Blind nestlings, unafraid, Stretch up wide-mouthed to every shadeBy which their downy dream is stirred, Taking it for the mother bird. 2 4. FROM COL. CHI. ACAD. SCIENCES. 611 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (Helminthophila celata).Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1909, BY A. W. MUMFORD, CHICAGO CHRISTMAS WITH THE BIRDS. It was Christmas week, and Teddywas sick. Teddy was a little brown-eyed, fair-haired girl, christened Theo-dora May, and the only reason she everbecame Teddy was because she had twobrothers who went to the high schoolpart of the time, and who during theother part climbed trees, and made en-gines, and rode their ponies at a furiousgait. It couldnt be expected that two rollick-ing boys like these could bring theirminds to say Theodora in a dignifiedand proper manner, or even Theo, asMamma and every one else did. So theycalled her Teddy on the start and thename clung to her ever afterward. As for the sickness, Teddy was justgetting over the measles, and on Christ-mas week, too! No wonder Teddy wasrather doleful, though she tried so hardto be brave. Mamma was just as goodas she knew how to be, and read to hers

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