WOOD WARBLERS 



Is usually madr known by a suddon ckui, chut, 

 cJiuf, from out \hv depths of a marshy place. 

 After this introduction it will follow with a 

 number of its various call notes. It is a very 

 shy and suspicious bird and at the least sign 

 that it is being watched, will dive into the 

 underbrush and slink away in silence. It 

 sometimes bursts into an ecstasy of song and 

 will jump into the air fluttering its wings and 

 warbling in a delightful manner. The nest of 

 the long-tailed chat is hidden in the center of 

 some thicket close to the ground. It is made 

 of dead leaves and fine grass and lined with 

 finer gi'asses. 



^^o Townsend warbler, Dendroica toum- 



668 . 



sendi. 4.50 



Distribution: Western North America 

 from southern Alaska to southern California, 

 and from the Great Plains to the Pacific Coast. 

 Abundant summer resident of the Pacific 

 Coast states, thinning out eastward. During 

 migrations to Colorado, western Texas and 

 south to Guatemala. 



The summer home of the Tow^nsend warb- 

 ler is in the heavy timber that clothes the 

 hills and mountain ranges. Its weak song 

 comes drifting down to one from the tops of 

 tall firs and only once in a w hile will one catch 

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