THE WARBLERS 



and belly, with a bluish-black line that extends across 

 the breast and down each side; wings with two broad 

 white bars; inner webs of all except the middle tail- 

 feathers with small white patches near tips. 



Female: Bluish-olive above, under parts pale yellow; light 

 streak over eye; wings with white bars; tail-feathers 

 with white tips. 



Song: Mr. Stone describes the song of the Cerulean warbler 

 as "an almost continuous 'zwee-zwee, zwee, wee-ee' 

 during the nesting season." ^ 



Habitat: "They are numerous in the maple woods on the hill- 

 sides overlooking the swamp, as well as in the swamp 

 itself," writes Mr. Stone.^ 



Range: Eastern North America. Breeds mainly from south- 

 eastern Nebraska, Minnesota, southern Michigan and 

 Ontario, western New York, Pennsylvania, and West 

 Virginia, south to Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama. 



2. THE BLACK-THROATED BLUE! 

 WARBLER 



Length: About 5^4 inches. 



Male: Upper parts a dull grayish-blue, darker on the back, 

 black bordering crown above the eye; cheeks, throat, 

 and upper breast black; belly white; sides black and 

 white; wings black, edged with blue, and with white 

 next to body; a white patch on wing; tail bluish- 

 black, outer feathers largely white. 



Female: Very different from male; olive-green above, yellow- 

 ish-white underneath; light streak over eyes; white 

 patch near the base of the primary quills; tail blu- 

 ish, with much less white than on males. 



Song: "His song, though very versatile, is among the thinnest 

 and most non-melodious of the family." ' 



1, 2, & 3 From Eaton's "Birds of New York." 



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