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MANUAL OF TAXIDERMY. 
Alaudhle: 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. 
MoTAciLiDiE : 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. 
SYLVicoLiDiE : 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 
