302 Trees, Stars, and Birds 



American Museum of Natural History 



FIG. 186. From left to right : Canadian warbler, worm-eating warbler, 

 Louisiana water-thrush, and yellow-breasted chat. 



They might be taken for small thrushes, as their under 

 parts are white, with numerous dark spots. The back is 

 olive-green and the top of the head golden brown, 

 bordered with black. Sometimes they are called " golden- 

 crowned thrushes." 



Water-thrushes belong to the same genus as the oven- 

 birds. They may be seen along the edges of woodland 

 brooks. They resemble thrushes, but they belong to 

 the warbler and not to the thrush family. 



Other warblers. The Nashville warbler is named after 

 a city. The Connecticut warbler, Kentucky warbler, 

 Tennessee warbler, and Maryland yellowthroat are named 

 after states. Some warblers, like Wilson's warbler, are 

 named after ornithologists ; others after trees or shrubs 

 they frequent, as the magnolia warbler and myrtle warbler. 

 Some have names that partly describe the color; for 

 example, black-and-white warbler, black-poll warbler, bay- 

 breasted warbler, chestnut- sided warbler, and black-throated 

 blue warbler. Most of the warblers here mentioned -and 

 some others may be seen by any one who looks for them 

 diligently the last week of April and the first three weeks 



