PROTHONOTARY WARBLER 



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tangles by the water, is found a Warbler whose 

 song outshines the plumage of gay-colored spe- 

 cies — Swainson's, so little known that he is left 

 out of many bird lists altogether. In contrast 



PROTHONOTARY WARBLER 

 Length 5% inches 



to the Black and White Warbler who lives in 

 trees and nests on the ground, Swainson's War- 

 bler lives on or near the ground and makes its 

 nest in bushes, canes, or palmettos, several feet 

 above the ground or the water. 



