Warblers SONG-BIRDS. 



Blackburnian Warbler: Dendroica blackburnite. 



Torch Bird. 



Length: 5.50 inches. 



Male : Black head, striped with flame, black wings and tail with white 

 markings, black streak on throat. Throat and breast flame- 

 colour. Lower parts yellowish. Bill and feet dark. 



Female : Olive-brown above, entire breast yellow. 



Song : A thin warble, with little variety, ending with a high Z — . 



Season : A migrant here ; seen occasionally through May, but is less 

 uncommon in September. 



Breeds: From the northern and more elevated parts of the eastern 

 United States northward. Dr. Merriam says that a few breed 

 in Connecticut, and Dr. Allen notes them as casual residents in 

 Massachusetts. 



Nest : Well concealed by bark and moss ; built in small trees and 

 bushes, preferably evergreens. 



Eggs : 4-6, white, with lilac and chestnut shell markings, chiefly on 

 the larger end. 



Bange : Eastern North America to the Plains ; in winter south to the 

 Bahamas, Central America, and northern South America. 



Another Warbler, with, a totally inadequate name. It 

 should be called the Torch Bird, for half a dozen of them, as 

 they flash about in the pines, raising their wings and jerk- 

 ing their tails, make the darkest shadows seem breaking 

 into little tongues of flame. Look for them in the autumn, 

 and you will find that even then their colours will vie with 

 the most brilliant leaf tints. But because some one named 

 Blackburn first discovered or reported the Warbler, it bears 

 the name Blackburnian. Burroughs says : " The hum seems 

 appropriate enough," . . . but "... the Orange-crowned 

 Warbler would seem to be his right name, his characteristic 

 cognomen." 



Black-throated Green Warbler : Dendroica virens. 



Length : 5 inches. 



Male: Back and crown bright olive-yellow^ sides and front of 

 head clear yellow. Entire throat and upper breast black, 

 black continued in a stripe down the sides. Lower parts 

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