Warbler, Nashville 



Though he has no marks, it is after all, a satisfaction 

 to know that some warblers are plain. . . . His head 

 is bluish gray, which is a mercy, for that is unusual in 

 combination with the olive and yellow of his body. 



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



WARBLER, PARULA or BLUE YELLOW- 

 BACKED 



It is one of the daintiest of the family, bound literally 

 in blue and gold and white and in form and coloring one 

 could hardly imagine anything more exquisite. A light 

 ashy-blue spreads over the upper part of the body and 

 wings, finely sprinkled with gold in the center of the back, 

 while beneath it is snow-white except for the yellow and 

 brownish band across the breast. 



Parkhurst. The Birds' Calendar 



31 



Years ago when rambling in the woods ... I caught 

 sight of a bird that paused a moment on a branch above 

 me, the Uke of which I had never before seen or heard 

 of. It was probably the blue yellow-backed warbler, 

 . . . . but to my young fancy it seemed Uke some fairy 

 bird, so curiously marked was it, and so new and unexpected. 

 .... How the thought of it clung to me afterward! 

 It was a revelation. It was the first intimation I had 

 had that the woods we know so well held birds that we 

 know not at all. 



Burroughs. Wake Robin. ^ 



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