14 MANUAL OF TAXIDERMY. 



Alaudid.e: True Larks. — These birds occur 

 on the far prairies, on the coast of Labrador, and 

 in winter along the barren seashores of the north- 

 ern and middle section. 



MotacilidjE : Wagtails. — Are also birds of 

 the open country, and the titlark is found in 

 fields during the migrations, especially along the 

 coast from Maine to Florida. 



SylvicolidjE : American Warblers. — These 

 gems of the woodland and of wayside thickets 

 abound throughout the length and breadth of our 

 country. During the migrations they are gener- 

 ally distributed, it not being uncommon, then, to 

 find even the Blackburnian warbler, which, during 

 the nesting season, is pre-eminently a bird of the 

 deep woods, feeding in the open fields, while I 

 have taken the Cape May warbler, which occurs 

 in summer in the thick evergreens of the north, 

 feeding among the oranges and bananas in the 

 gardens of Key West. Warblers then should be 

 looked after nearly everywhere, among willows 

 by the brookside, on the barren hill-tops which 

 scarcely support a scant growth of pine or cedars, 

 and on the blooming trees of orchards. Some 

 species are exceedingly shy, so as to require a 

 heavy charge of dust-shot to reach them, while 



