The Wood Warblers 



crowned Thrush (styled also the Oven- 

 bird, from the peculiar shape of his nest, 

 as well as the ^^ Teacher/^ from the resem- 

 blance his music bears to this word, pro- 

 nounced quickly a half dozen times and 

 with varying accent), and the Yellow 

 Warbler, are most numerous and familiar 

 because many of these build here. 



But one other I have found very conspic- 

 uous in the wooded haunts I know; first, 

 by reason of his soHtary arrival about the 

 beginning of April, before all the rest; 

 and, second, because his contrasts of color 

 (at least, as I have seen him, for bird- 

 plumage is sometimes a very changeable 

 quantity) are so great as to make him 

 exceptional even among Wood Warblers. 



I refer to the Palm Warbler — a delightful 

 bird to me, and most friendly, approach- 

 able, and charming to behold hopping 

 about quietly over the thickly-spread brown 

 leaves and through the naked branches, in 

 his lovely habiliments of yellow striped 

 with rich brown, below, and dusky olive 

 above, with touches of pure white here 



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