THE WARBLERS 



2 The Black-lhroated Blue Warbler 



3 The Blue-winged Warbler 



4 The Golden-winged Warbler 



5 The Parula Warbler 



VII Warblers With Reddish-brown Markings 



1 The Bay-breasted Warbler 



2 The Chestnut-sided Warbler 



GROUP ONE— THE GROUND WARBLERS 



1. THE OVEN-BIRD 



Length: A little over 6 inches. 



Male and Female: Olive-brown above; head with a golden- 

 brown crown, bordered with two black lines that ex- 

 tend from bill to neck; under parts white; a brown 

 streak at each side of the throat; breast and sides 

 heavily streaked with black; no bars on wings, or 

 patches on tail. 



Note: Mr. Forbush interprets the oven-bird's note as "chick/ 

 KERCHICK,' KERCHICK,' repeating the phrase an 

 indefinite number of times." ^ John Burroughs has 

 rendered it as, "teacher, teacher, teacher, TEACHER, 

 TEACHER." The bird is frequently spoken of as 

 the "Teacher-bird." 



Song: A "flight song" which Mr. Forbush describes as fol- 

 lows: "When I lingered in the woods at evening 

 until the stars came out, I heard a burst of melody 

 far above the treetops, and saw the little singer 

 rising against the western sky, simulating the Sky- 

 lark, and pouring forth its melody, not to the orb of 

 day but to the slowly rising moon; then, when the 

 melody came nearer, the exhausted singer fell from 

 out the sky and shot swiftly downward, alighting at 

 my very feet." ^ 



1 & 2 From "Useful Birds and Their Protection," by E. H. Forbush. 



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