THE WARBLERS. 



YOU have already heard about the Owls and the 

 Woodpeckers, two families, the members of 

 which are easy to recognize. The Warblers are 

 another large Bird World family. They are not 

 named, as you might well suppose, from their fine 

 voices, for few of them can sing as well even as your 

 old friend the Robin. But, like many birds who lack 

 fine voices, the Warblers make up for their loss by 

 fine feathers and a very dainty appearance. Yellow, 

 orange, and blue are very common colors among 

 them, and they are nearly all small, neat-looking 

 birds. The Ovenbird, which gets its name from its 

 oven-shaped nest, is a Warbler, and its cousins, the 

 Water Thrushes, which you see on the opposite page, 

 belong, of course, to the same family. You will find 

 the pictures of three other Warblers in this book: 

 two of them are the Redstart and the Summer Yellow- 

 bird. Can you find the third .^ 



