WOOD WARBLERS 1T9 



wee^^^ is nearer the song 1 hear from this very 

 common Warbler. The female sometimes sings 

 a part of a song but the male is really the vo- 

 calist of the family. They have a plaintive call 

 note, "cA^-^p, " and a sharper "chick.'*^ 



The upper parts of the male Redstart are 

 glossy black, the basal halves of the wing and 

 tail feathers a deep orange. The throat and 

 breast are black, the latter bordered with 

 orange. The belly is white, the sides somewhat 

 washed with orange. The female is much less 

 conspicuous in coloring, having the upper parts 

 greenish gray, and in place of the orange a dull 

 yellow. 



These beautiful birds are common in our 

 summer woods and their range is broad, extend- 

 ing over the larger part of North America. 

 They nest from North Carolina to Labrador, 

 wintering in the West Indies, Mexico and Cen- 

 tral America. They are slightly less than six 

 inches in length. The nest of the Redstart is 

 a well made cup of fine strips of bark, plant 

 fibre and down, lined with fine roots and ten- 

 drils. It is usually placed in the fork of a limb 

 from five to twenty-five feet above the ground. 

 The eggs, grayish white spotted with brown, 

 are four or five in number. 



Yellow Warbler. A very common bird in 

 summer about the thick shrubbery of the parks, 

 the bushes that overgrow the river banks, and 

 even about the hedges and lawn is the Yellow 

 Warbler. He is a pretty little fellow in a bright 

 suit of yellow, with a happy song heard at all 

 hours of the long day. Not only does he cheer 



