. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. tUSH lilar to the call it, though it is characteristic e suggested by his tilting tail 3S them tilt up be exceedingly such spring billed Water- la. white, line over the >at. Length, about ;ed States; breeds ater-Thrush is. 'iG. 178. Water-Tlirush. )n its throat. 3 southern of WOmi-EATING WARBLER 337 the two and so the common one in the southern United States. Doctor Mearns gives a very sympathetic descri],- ion of this interesting bird in his notes on the Hudson Highlands. " Even a casual allusion to
. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. tUSH lilar to the call it, though it is characteristic e suggested by his tilting tail 3S them tilt up be exceedingly such spring billed Water- la. white, line over the >at. Length, about ;ed States; breeds ater-Thrush is. 'iG. 178. Water-Tlirush. )n its throat. 3 southern of WOmi-EATING WARBLER 337 the two and so the common one in the southern United States. Doctor Mearns gives a very sympathetic descri],- ion of this interesting bird in his notes on the Hudson Highlands. " Even a casual allusion to this httle bn-d," lie says, "recalls, to the mind of the collector, a bright picture of clear mountain streams, with their falls and eddies, their dams of rocks and fallen tree trunks, their level stretches flowing over bright, pebbly bottoms, with mossy banks and rocky ferneries, and their darting min- nows and dace; for only i„ such wild localities IS the Water Wagtail at home. There you will see It sitting upon the stones, close beside the foaming water, expressing its pleasure at its sur- roundings by constantly repe , •. hig its single chick. it runs about (never hopping) over the stones and moss, gleaning along the sandy margin of the ; ^ The song of the Water-Thrush is famous for the wild quality of its ringing notes. Worm-eating Warbler : Helmitherus vermivorous. Pour black stripes on head; upper parts olive; under parts buffy. Length, about U inelies. ^ from tl e Gulf states north to southern Illinois and southern Connecticut; winters in the tropics. In a diy open woods near Portland, Connecti- cut the Worm-eating Warbler is almost sure to nest. When going to see the bird there with Mr :!wi''''. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, Florence Merriam, b. 18
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