BLACK-THROATED GREEN 
WARBLER. 
DENDROICA VIRENS. 
HE richly clad black-throats, restless and almost 
always singing, are nearly as numerous as the 
yellow warblers. Their song is shorter, five tones, quite 
as distinct and more moderately delivered. There is 
something about the little song — 
that inclines one to whistle it immediately on hearing it. 
It seems to be given as a lesson, and if the whistler be 
familiar with the old sea song, “Larboard Watch,” he 
will hardly fail to discover in — 
ee 
“Lar board watch a - hoy!” 
another instance of the similarity between bird melody 
and human melody. 
These charming little wide-awakes like the pine woods. 
There they nest and sing; but they often visit adjoining 
farms, coming close to the buildings in the fruit and 
shade trees. Wherever they chance to be, there is 
heard the frequent piping of their happy little strain. 
