THE WARBLER 



Of all sylvan birds the warbler is the one 

 with which we are the most familiar. If we 

 have ever lived in the country, we have surely 

 known one or two. The tribe of warblers is 

 numerous : the grey warbler, the black cap and 

 the whole class of reed warblers that includes 

 the great sedge warbler, the marsh warbler, and 

 the white throat. 



The grey warbler is the largest ami most com- 

 mon of all. It generally lives in gardens, orchards, bean 

 and pea fields. It perches on the sticks which sustain 

 these creeping vegetables ; there it plays its gambols 

 and builds its nest. It remains there till harvest time, 



