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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



A SERIES IN PICTURESQUE LOCATION FARTHER UP THE STREAM. 



This station was established nearly 

 thirty years ago for the purpose of in- 

 creasing the marine fishes and other 

 objects of fishery, and it has been very 

 successful. I tesides hatching a very 

 large number of eggs of brook trout, 

 lainbow, lake trout and other fish well 

 known to the angler, it handles an 

 enormous number of smelt, tomcod, 

 flat-fish, cod, blue crab and lobster. 

 The output of the station is steadily 

 increasing from year to year, and it 

 now amounts to more than 175,000,000. 



STUDYING THE WAKBLER IN 



WINTER. 



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BY EDMUND J. SAWYER, I.IXCKI.A 

 CENTER, N. Y. 



At least one article on the warbler 

 has already appeared in this magazine; 

 but as long as even a few readers remain 

 who have not made personal acquaint- 

 ance with these charming birds, ton em- 



phatic an invitation to observe them can 

 hardly be spoken or written. 



According to the popular notion, bird 

 study should begin when the species are 

 least abundant. Ordinarily this may be 

 taken to mean in the winter. On this 

 plan conditions are now ideal for the 

 novice who would know the warblsrs. 

 The myrtle warbler, also called the yel- 

 Iow-rumped warbler, one of the most 

 beautiful of the whole tribe, is the only 

 winter representative of this famiry. 



The winter plumage of the myrtle is 

 fortunately much like its rich summer 

 dress, the chief difference being that the 

 upper parts are now brownish instead or 

 bluish gray. The crown, rump and sides 

 are yellow ; breast, black ; belly and 

 Hanks, white streaked with black ; wings 

 and tail, black marked with white bars 

 and spots respectively; head and back, 

 streaked with black ; cheeks, black ; 

 throat, white. The bird is about five and 

 one half inches long, the usual warbler 



