THE SUMMER YELLOW-BIRD 



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represented by three species. Two of them are of universal 

 distribution, and the third (the chat) is nearly so. 



The Yellow Warbler, or Summer Yellow-Bird, 1 is 

 chosen as the type of about sixty species of small wood warblers 

 each of which is called "warbler" with a descriptive name 



YELLOW WARBLER. 



prefixed, such as palm warbler, prairie warbler, Calaveras 

 warbler, etc. It is of a bright, greenish-yellow color, and is 

 easily recognized on the wing. On the western prairie farms 

 the boys call it a 'AYild Canary," because it strongly re- 

 sembles the orange-yellow phases of that popular cage bird. 

 As if courting acquaintance with man, it loves to frequent 

 the roadside thickets, the edges of woods, and even the 

 orchard and garden. 



1 Den-dro' i-ca acs'ti-va. Length, 5 inches. 



