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larger birds. Some of the warblers and some of the 

 thrushes are so nearly related, that each is often placed 

 in the group of the other, according to the importance at- 

 tached to different characters by different writers. Some 

 of the warblers are among the sweetest of the feathered 

 songsters. 



The Genus Philomela com- Fig. 107. 



prises the Nightingale, P. lus- 

 cinia, Sw., of Europe, the sweet 

 and celebrated songster of the 

 night. It is about six inch- 

 es long, reddish brown above, 

 whitish gray beneath. 



More than fifty species of Nightingale, />. /**, Sw. 

 Warblers are found in the United States. 



The Genus Anthus has the bill slender, much attenu- 

 ated, and distinctly notched, the wing very long, the first 

 primary nearly equal to the longest, and the tertials al- 

 most as long as the primaries. 



The Tit-Lark, A. ludovicianus, Licht., of North Amer- 

 ica generally and accidental in Europe, is six and a half 

 inches long, the wing three and three fourths inches ; the 

 color above olive brown, beneath dull buff or yellowish 

 brown, with a series of dark brown spots and streaks 

 across the breast and along the sides. This is one of 

 the few species of its family which frequent open fields. 



The Genus Neocorys is closely related to the preceding, 

 but is stouter, and the tail shorter. 



The Missouri Skylark, N. Spragueii, Sclater, of Ne- 

 braska, is our only species. It is five and three fourths 

 inches long, the wing less than three and a half inches. 



The Genus Mniotilta comprises the Black and White 

 Creeper, M. varia, Vieill., of North America east of .the 

 Missouri, which is five inches long, the wing less than 

 three inches ; the color black, the feathers broadly edged 



