THE WAPxBLERS 



has no black in its plumage; it makes short flights, and 

 sings a simple strain. It is not a seed-eater, like the 

 finches, but is insectivorous. 



2. THE PINE WARBLER 



Length: About Sy^ inches. 



Male: Upper parts olive-green with a grayish tinge; throat and 

 breast yellow; sides streaked with gray; belly white; 

 wings and tail brownish-gray; wings with two whit- 

 ish bars; outer tail-feathers tipped with white on 

 inner web. 



Female: Similar to male, but browner above and duller under- 

 neath. 



Notes : "Its alarm note is a sharp chirp, its other notes are few 

 and weak." 



Song: "The song is one of the most soothing sounds of the 

 pine -woods. It has in it the same dreamy drowsiness 

 that characterizes the note of the Black-throated 

 Green Warbler, but is otherwise entirely different in 

 tone and quality, being composed of a series of 

 short, soft, whistling notes, run together in a con- 

 tinuous trill. It resembles, in a way, the song of the 

 Chipping Sparrow, except that it is softer and more 

 musical." ^ 



Habitat: "Pine woods and groves; it seems to prefer the pitch 

 pines, and is one of the few birds that habitually live 

 and breed in woods of this character, like those of 

 Cape Cod. It has been called the Pine-creeping 

 Warbler, from its habit of creeping along the 

 branches, and occasionally up and around the trunks 

 pmes. ^ 



Range: Eastern North America. It is abundant in the South 

 where pine forests are common. It is found in 



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



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