BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



beautiful little jeweled bird at close range is an event to 

 bird-lovers. He is an industrious gleaner of small in- 

 sects from dark pine and spruce forests. 



7. THE CANADIAN WARBLER 



Length: About 5i/^ inches. 



Male: Gray above without white wing-bars or spots on tail; 

 crown with fine black spots; eye-ring, and line from 

 bill to eye-ring bright yellow; under parts bright 

 yellow; short black streaks extending across the en- 

 tire breast; white under tail. 



Female: Similar to male, with fainter streaks on breast. 



Song: A rapid and clear warble, more easily recognized than 

 that of some warblers. 



Habitat: "The Canadian Warbler during the migration season 

 is found about our door-yard shrubbery, and the 

 thickets on the edges of streams and woodland. . . . 

 In the nesting season we must seek for it in cooler 

 gullies or in damp, cool woodlands of deciduous or 

 mixed growth." ^ 



Bange: Eastern North America. Breeds from south-central 

 Canada to central Minnesota, Michigan, New York, 

 and Massachusetts, and along the Alleghanies to 

 North Carolina and Tennessee; winters in Ecuador 

 and Peru. 



8. THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT 



Length: About 71^ inches; the largest of the warblers. 



Male and Female: Olive-green above; bright yellow throat 

 and breast; belly white; broad white streak extend- 

 ing from bill above eye; white crescent beneath eye; 



iFrom Eaton's "Birds of New York." 



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