BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



Habitat: "Black-throated blue warblers prefer clearings 

 amidst hemlock woods or along hemlock-clad gully 

 banks where there are dense underbrush, bushes, and 

 stump sprouts bearing multitudes of large leaves." ^ 



Pange: Eastern North America from Hudson Bay and New- 

 foundland south to the Northern States, and in the 

 highlands and mountains to Massachusetts, Connec- 

 ticut, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. 



THE Black-throated Blue Warbler, though not so bril- 

 liantly colored as many members of the family, is 

 one of the neatest and best-groomed of all the warblers. 

 As he flies from bough to bough or bush to bush he dis- 

 plays to fine advantage the clear black and white colora- 

 tion, the white spots on the wings and tail flashing like 

 the wings of a butterfly. He carries his wings and tail 

 partially spread somewhat in the manner of the Redstart. 

 . . . The male is not so nervously active as many other 

 warblers. . . . 



"This warbler's nest often contains an egg of the Cow- 

 bird. The nests are variously attached to slender scrubby 

 bushes, 8 to 30 inches up, usually very close to old trails 

 or old wood roads. ... A constant characteristic of this 

 warbler's nest is the decoration of decayed, spongy pieces 

 of light colored wood fastened to the outside." ^ 



3. THE BLUE-WINGED WARBLER 



Length: About 5 inches. 



Male: Crown and under parts bright yellow; a black line 

 through the eye; back olive-green, yellower at the 

 rump; wings bluish-gray, edged with olive and white; 



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



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