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also in a line over the eye and in his crown ; 

 back variegated black and white. The 

 female is less marked and brilliant. The 

 orange-throated warbler would seem to be 

 his right name, his characteristic cognomen ; 

 but no, he is doomed to wear the name 

 of some discoverer, perhaps the first who 

 robbed his nest or rifled him of his mate, 

 Blackburn ; hence, Blackburnian warbler. 

 The burn seems appropriate enough, for in 

 these dark evergreens his throat and breast 

 show like flame. He has a very fine warble, 

 suggesting that of the redstart, but not 

 especially musical. I find him in no other 

 woods in this vicinity. 



I am attracted by another warble in the 

 same locality, and experience a like difficulty 

 in getting a good view of the author of it. 

 It is quite a noticeable strain, sharp and 

 sibilant, and sounds well amid the old trees. 

 In the upland woods of beech and maple it 

 is a more familiar sound than in these soli- 

 tudes. On taking the bird in hand, one 

 cannot help exclaiming, " How beautiful ! " 

 So tiny and elegant, the smallest of the 

 warblers ; a delicate blue back, with a slight 

 bronze-colored triangular spot between the 

 shoulders ; upper mandible black ; lowei 



