128 The Ruby-Throated Warbler. 



The food of Savi's Warbler is believed to consist entirely of insects and their 

 larvae ; doubtless spiders are also eaten by it as by all other Warblers. 



The flight of this bird is said to have the same character as that of a Wren. 



As a cage-bird I should imagine that, excepting for its rarity, Savi's Warbler 

 would be more irritating than interesting ; on clear days its monotonous trill is 

 said to be almost incessant. I once had a Canary which had been hand-reared, 

 and had therefore not learned its proper song : this bird never got beyond a high- 

 pitched key-whistle, or monotonous trill ; when it died I cannot say that I very 

 deeply regretted my loss : at the same time even this apology for a song was 

 heavenly music compared with the incessant wheel-screeching of a pair of Ros}^- 

 faced Love-birds, and anyone who had passed through a week of torment such as 

 I once experienced from these discord-producers, might perhaps sit down and 

 listen to Savi's Warbler with a beaming countenance. 



Family— TURDID.^. Siibjamily—S\ Z / 'IIX^. 



The Ruby-Throated Warbler. 



Calliope caiiitscliatkcnsis. 



MR. JOSEPH P. NUNN, in the "Times," of December 3rd, 1900, stated 

 that he saw two wild specimens of this bird at Westgate-on-Sea, in 

 October of that year. 



