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sapling on the sandbank, and it seemed to me that 

 he was almost as handsome in his striped suit as 

 his highly colored congener just described. He 

 has one decided advantage over other warblers, for 

 not only can he flit nimbly from twig to twig, but 

 can also creep on the trunk of a tree, upward, 

 downward or laterally as suits his whim, and do it 

 as skillfully as the nuthatch himself. lie has a 

 fine, rather loud little trill, which he repeats again 

 and again, as he hunts for tidbits among the 

 branches. 



Rivalling the black-throated green warbler for 

 brilliancy of plumage, is the black and yellow 

 warbler, now called more frequently the magnolia 

 warbler. Look at him flashing into sight and 

 making his bow. His crown is ash, bordered 

 below back of the eye with white, which is also 

 the color of the wing-bars and under tail coverts. 

 His back is black, the feathers skirted with olive. 

 Notice his yellow rump ; also the rich yellow of 

 his under parts, the breast and sides streaked with 

 black, crowding together on the chest and cutting 

 off the gamboge yellow of the throat. 



He is one of our most abundant migrants, sing- 

 ing as he pursues his pilgrimage to the north in 

 the pleasant springtime. His trill is scarcely as 



