PINE WARBLER 



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come, or a nearer, when the Kentucky warbler 

 will have vanished like the wild pigeon ; then any 

 story of him will be as one of the ancient fables 

 of bird life." 



PINE WARBLER 



This tiny olive-backed, yellow-breasted War- 

 bler not only spends the winter in the middle 

 Southern and Gulf states, but sings his soft, 

 musical if rather monoto- 

 nous trill on pleasant 

 days throughout the year. 

 As the name implies, he 

 is found in pineries, and 

 builds his nest in pine 

 trees. His song is a trill 

 suggesting that of the 

 Chipping Sparrow, but 

 sweeter in tone. 



After the nesting season is over, Pine War- 

 blers, being like most Warblers quite friendly 

 with other species, are sometimes found in com- 

 pany with a few Yellow Palm and Myrtle War- 

 blers. The last named is hardy enough to winter 

 with us occasionally; but the Yellow Palm War- 

 bler is a familiar sight in fields and roadsides, 

 and even in the streets of Southern towns, during 

 the months when most of these bright little fel- 

 lows are away in the West Indies, Mexico, and 



PINE WARBLER 

 Length 5% inches 



