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A still more brilliant example of Warbler 

 beauty is the Blackburnian, which, while never a 

 common bird in any region, may be found nest- 

 ing in the Alleghenies as far south as Georgia. 

 So also does the Black-throated Green Warbler. 

 Both follow the coniferous forests north and 

 south, preferring them for nesting and feeding 

 grounds. 



Other prettily colored Warblers are the Blue- 

 winged and the Golden-winged, both of whom 

 nest on the ground but are sometimes seen feed- 

 ing in trees and bushes ; and the black and yellow 

 Bachman's Warbler, who is rare and local in dis- 

 tribution and seldom seen. 



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This shy, colorless Warbler of the wild sweet 

 song chooses for its home the most romantic of 

 sites. By a woodland brook that flashes white 

 and gurgles over mossy boulders, or a mountain 

 troutstream, or where some quieter creek steals 

 between the roots of giant trees in the valley, 

 the nest is hidden under a ledge, a bank, or the 

 up-wrenched roots of a fallen tree. In such a 

 green cavern, if you keep very still, you may 

 catch a glimpse of the Water Thrush — a shadow 

 among shadows, ivalking, springing from boulder 

 to boulder across the stream, or darting through 

 the laurel. 



