BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



GROUP TWO— THE BLACK AND WHITE 

 WARBLERS 



1. THE BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER 



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Length: About 514 inches. 



Male: Black, streaked with white — no yellow; head with broad 



black and white stripes; body with narrow stripes; 



white stripe over eye, black patch back of eye; striped 



throat and sides, white belly; tail grayish black; 



outer tail-feathers with white patches on inner web; 



wings black, with two distinct white bars. 

 Female: Similar, but with gray cheeks and whiter under parts, 



fainter streaks, and broAvnish sides. 

 Song: A thin, unmusical 5e-5e'-se-se'-5e-se'-5e-se'. 



THIS Black-and-White Warbler is as easy to identify 

 as a zebra, because of its conspicuous black and 

 white stripes. As it is found on tree-trunks, it is some- 

 times confused with the brown creeper. Its bill, however, 

 is not curved like the creeper's, nor is its tail used as a 

 prop. It resembles the nuthatch in its ability to descend 

 as well as ascend tree-trunks. 



These warblers, though they obtain their food from 

 trees, nest on the ground in nests not unlike those of the 

 oven-bird. 



2. THE BLACK-POLL WARBLER 



Length: About 5 inches. 



Male: A black crown and white cheeks, giving the effect of a 

 black cap pulled down over the eyes; throat and 

 belly white; back and sides gray, streaked with 

 black; two white wing-bars; two outer tail-feathers 

 with white spot near tip. 

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