AUDUBON'S WARBLER. 



OMETIMES this beautiful bird is 

 called the Western yellowrump, 

 on account of the bright yellow 

 patch just above the tail. You 

 will notice it when the bird 

 is flying. Like many another 

 songster, Audubon's warbler 

 must be observed both in flight and at rest, would 

 you be certain as to its true colors.- And the time 

 of year makes a little difference. In the spring, 

 the yellows and blacks are clearer and brighter in 

 the male. It is one of the largest of all the war- 

 bler family, and we have it everywhere in Califor- 

 nia in winter-time. 



It is fearless, coining and going with its cheer- 

 ful chirp, making the 

 dullest day full of sun- 

 beams. It is up before 

 you, and while you are at 

 breakfast, looks for its own 

 meal on the wire screen 

 outside your window. 



REFERENCE TOPICS. 

 Hibernation of insects. 

 Scale insects on fruit- 

 trees. 



Spraying and poisons. 

 Lady-bugs. 

 Mallow "clieeses/' 



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