WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED 



He is one of the rarest and handsomest of the warblers; 

 his white breast and throat, chestnut sides, and yellow 



crown, show conspicuously A characteristic 



attitude of the male . . . . is a slight drooping of the 

 wings, and tail a little elevated, which gives him a very 

 smart bantam-like appearance. 



Burroughs. Wake Robin.^ 



Like the redstart, it plumes itself on the fact that it 

 does not need to rest. It is always on the lookout, always 

 moving from point to point, as if animated by an abiding 

 faith that there is merit in motion, even should nothing 

 come of it. 



Abbott. Bird land Echoes. ^^ 



WARBLER, MAGNOLIA or BLACK AND 

 YELLOW 



His beautiful yellow breast is adorned with "a, necklace 

 and long pendants of black." 



The one point to note, though, if we could but know it 

 beforehand, is the white on the middle of the tail feathers, 

 as most warblers wear their polka dots at the tips of their 

 feathers. 



Florence A. Merriam. Birds of Village and Field. -^ 



The Magnolia has a shrill song, more than usually pro- 

 tracted on the approach of wet weather, so that the Indians 

 bestow upon it the name of rain bird. 



NuttalPs Ornithology.^^ 

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