THE WARBLERS. 



Blue-throated Redstart. 



Blue Bird. 



The Blue Bird, that harbinger of spring to the Americans, like the English Redbreast, " is known to 

 almost every child, and shows," says Wilson, " as much confidence in man by associating with him in sum- 

 mer, as the other by his familiarity in winter." The food of the Blue Bird consists principally of insects. 

 The nest is built in holes in trees, and in the top of fence posts, and similar situations. Its song is cheerful, 

 and is most frequently heard in the serene days of the spring. 



The Blue-throated Redstart is a native of most parts of Europe. It is a remarkably beautiful bird, and 

 derives its name from its throat being marked with a broad band of the richest sky-blue. 



The American Redstart is found in almost every part of North America, withdrawing, at the approach 

 of winter, to the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America. It is a beautiful, lively bird, and warbles 

 with much sweetness. The nest of the Redstart is very neat and substantial ; fixed occasionally near the 

 forks of a slender hickory or beach sapling, but more generally fastened or agglutinated to the depending 

 branches or twigs of the former ; sometimes securely seated amidst the stout footstalks of the waving 

 foliage in the more usual manner of the delicate cradle of the Indian Tailor-bird, but in the deep and cool 

 shade of the forest, instead of the blooming bower. 



American Kedstart. 



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