IN THE CATSKILLS 



without procuring specimens. This bird is a war- 

 bler, plainly enough, from his habits and manner; 

 but what kind of warbler ? Look on him and name 

 him: a deep orange or flame-colored throat and 

 breast; the same color showing also in a line over 

 the eye and in his crown ; back variegated black 

 and white. The female is less marked and bril- 

 liant. The orange-throated warbler would seem 

 to be his right name, his characteristic cognomen; 

 but no, he is doomed to wear the name of some 

 discoverer, perhaps the first who rifled his nest 

 or robbed him of his mate, Blackburn; hence 

 Blackburnian warbler. The burn seems appro- 

 priate enough, for hi these dark evergreens his 

 throat and breast show like flame. He has a very 

 fine warble, suggesting that of the redstart, but 

 not especially musical. I find him in no other 

 woods in this vicinity. 



I am attracted by another warble in the same 

 locality, and experience a like difficulty in getting 

 a good view of the author of it. It is quite a no- 

 ticeable strain, sharp and sibilant, and sounds 

 well amid the old trees. In the upland woods of 

 beech and maple it is a more familiar sound than 

 in these solitudes. On taking the bird in hand, 

 one cannot help exclaiming, "How beautiful!" So 

 tiny and elegant, the smallest of the warblers ; a 

 delicate blue back, with a slight bronze-colored 

 triangular spot between the shoulders ; upper 



