6^ KENTUCKY WARBLER 



The VVater-Tlirush frequents small streams where 

 they flow through wild woods, and may Ik^ found on 

 those that run into Rock Creek and the Potomac. 

 He walks, like the Oven-bird, with a i)eculiar teeter- 

 ing motion, and he also resembles that bird in gen- 

 eral appearance, but will be distinguished from him 

 b}' the white line over the eye. He is very shy and 

 dif^cult to approach. The nest, of twigs, rootlets and 

 leaves, is generally under a shelving bank or the up- 

 turned roots of a fallen tree. The eggs, 4 to 6, are 

 white, much speckled with reddish-brown. Mr. 

 Chapman writes enthusiastically of his song and says 

 " There is an almost fierce wildness in its ringing 

 notes." 



Kentucky Warbler: Ccotlilypis foniiosa. 



Length about 5J/> inches. 



Upper parts bright olive-green; no wing-bars or tail- 

 patches. 



Under parts bright yellow. 



Crown, cheeks, and sides of throat black. 



Resident from May 5 to Septcndjcr 5; winters in Central 

 America. 



In " Birds of Village and Field," Miss Merriam 

 writes so delightfully of her introduction to the Ken- 

 tucky Warbler, that her story is given in full. " In 

 the neighborhood of Washington, one of the best 

 places for birds on the spring migration is along the 

 eastern wooded bank of the Potomac. There, above 

 High Island, opposite the ' amphitheatre,' one day 

 earlv in May, we heard a song so like the famous 

 Carolina Wren's that we hurried ofif in its direction. 

 Crossing on a fallen tree that bridged the narrow arm 

 of the Potomac, we were on the little island wdiere 

 the bird was singing. The song receded as we ad- 



