NATURE STUDY. 



Volume I. 



MAY, 1899. 



Numb eh 4 



AMERICAN WARBLERS 



BY 



C. J. Maynard. 



I know of no more appropriate subject for May than to give some account 

 of our American warblers, and to indicate, as far as possible, some method of 

 identifying the species. 



• As a beginning I will say that the members of this large and important 

 family of birds are restricted in distribution to the continent of America and 

 adjacent islands, thus these feathered gems belong to us exclusively, and it 

 is particularly fitting that American students should know something of 



them. 



Fig. 35. 



No. 1. 



Members of this family may be briefly characterized as follows. Small 

 birds, less than six inches long. The elongated flight primaries are nine. 

 The tail feathers are twelve, The colors of the species are conspicuous and 

 showy, yellow, black, and white, appearing in patches and streakings. while 

 others are prominently marked with orange, salmon etc. 



