Warbler, Nashville 



Though he has no marks, it is after all, a satisfaction 

 to know that some warblers are plain. . . . His head 

 is bluish gray, which is a mercy, for that is unusual in 

 combination with the olive and yellow of his body. 



FLORENCE A. MERRIAM. Birds of Village and Field. 1 



WARBLER, PARULA or BLUE YELLOW- 

 BACKED 



It is one of the daintiest of the family, bound literally 

 in blue and gold and white and hi form and coloring one 

 could hardly imagine anything more exquisite. A light 

 ashy-blue spreads over the upper part of the body and 

 wings, finely sprinkled with gold in the center of the back, 

 while beneath it is snow-white except for the yellow and 

 brownish band across the breast. 



PARKHURST. The Birds' Calendar. 31 



Years ago when rambling in the woods ... I caught 

 sight of a bird that paused a moment on a branch above 

 me, the like of which I had never before seen or heard 

 of. It was probably the blue yellow-backed warbler, 

 . . . . but to my young fancy it seemed like some fairy 

 bird, so curiously marked was it, and so new and unexpected. 

 . . . . How the thought of it clung to me afterward! 

 It was a revelation. It was the first intimation I had 

 had that the woods we know so well held birds that we 

 know not at all. 



BURROUGHS. Wake Robin. 5 



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