gleaned from the under side of leaves, and to find 

 it they are in the habit of turning this way and that 

 as they crane their necks to peer under the leaves 

 of the outermost twigs of maples, beeches and other 

 shade trees. Their songs are simple but pleasing. 



Warblers (see frontispiece), like vireos, are gen- 

 erally tree-inhabiting small birds. The females 

 are apt to be confused with vireos, but attention to 

 their movements should serve to distinguish them. 

 Warblers flit here and there among the budding 

 or leafy branches, and from tree to tree, with a 

 certain freedom unknown to the care-taking 

 vireos. Unlike the vireos, the males and fe- 

 males often differ widel)' in plumage, the male 

 commonly being attractively or even brilliantly 

 colored. Their notes have a general lisping or 

 sibilant quality; but many of them amount to 

 pleasing refrains, and a few well deserve the 

 name of song. 



A few species, such as the Canada Grouse and 

 Northern Pileated Woodpecker, occuring in the 

 Adirondacks, sometimes wander to the foothills 

 and occasionally to lower levels. 



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