TWO RARE WARBLERS. 



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triously that I watched him at yard-length for several 

 minutes. Pure white underneath, olive above with 

 a grayish head; not a spot on him anywhere, and not 

 a tinge of yellow. I sought the books, and by good 

 luck I stumbled upon him instantly in Hoffmann's 

 ' 1 Birds of New England. ' ' I felt quite elated when I 

 read that on account of his entire absence of markings 

 the Tennessee is less likely to be seen in this region 

 than any other warbler, and may be found only by 

 the most expert field ornithologists. 



The bay-breasted warbler I saw to less advantage, 

 but many of my co-gazers have beheld him several 

 times in White Park. Just a week after the Tennes- 

 see appeared, we saw the bay-breasted in the Wallace 

 yard on Pearl street. He was high up in the elm, 

 and four of us climbed out on the roof of the piazza 

 at imminent risk. The sunset light threw a deep red- 

 dish cast over his chestnut markings, and we thought 

 him very beautiful. We were not sure what he was 

 till we found him pictured in Schuyler Mathew's 

 latest book. Colored pictures of birds are frequently 

 the most misleading kind of chromos, but this one 

 looked just as we saw him. 



The magnolia, which some people consider the most 

 beautiful of the warblers, not even excepting the 



