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THE KENTUCKY WARBLER. 



THE local preferences of the Kentucky Warbler lie about midway be- 

 tween those of the Oven-bird and the Louisiana Water Thrush ; and there 

 IS much in the bird's appearance and manner to remind one of its near rela- 

 tionship to the Scinri. But the bird is no mere echo of another more illus- 

 trious : its wa\'s are its tiwn, and its personality most marked. Damp hill- 

 sides, heavily wooded and with dense undergrowth, are the chosen haunts 

 of this distinguished Warbler, especially if at the bottom of the hill there 



Tiikcn Til Doiida Run. 



A r.IT FROM KENTUCKY'S RANGE. 



Fhoto by the Author 



is a half-open glade set about with bush-clumps and a tiny stream of water 

 trickling through it. TIere the AVarbler seeks its food upon the ground, 

 walking instead of hopping over its surface, stooping to peer under a projecting 

 stone, turning over a suspected leaf, and nimbly gathering in the scurrying 

 harvest. Now the bird flits up to a fallen log and measures its length, now 

 dives into a cranny behind it, and now emerges again in time to leap into the 

 air for a passing insect. Through long association with mother earth the 



