. . a rare worm-eating warbler. The little charmer wasquite wary, cliirping nervously while I ogled him — for itwas a male, and then hopped up into a sapling, and finallyscurried away out of sight. It builds its nest on the ground among the dead leavesand under the protecting shade of large-leaved herbage orlow slirubs. The nest is rather large for the size of thebird. Grasses, small roots, the fibrous shreds of bark, anda few dried leaves are used in its construction. THE blue-y^t:nged yellow warbler* Xot a great deal is known about
. . a rare worm-eating warbler. The little charmer wasquite wary, cliirping nervously while I ogled him — for itwas a male, and then hopped up into a sapling, and finallyscurried away out of sight. It builds its nest on the ground among the dead leavesand under the protecting shade of large-leaved herbage orlow slirubs. The nest is rather large for the size of thebird. Grasses, small roots, the fibrous shreds of bark, anda few dried leaves are used in its construction. THE blue-y^t:nged yellow warbler* Xot a great deal is known about many of the warblers,and comparatively Httle has been obsen-ed of this memberof the very large family, comprising more than one hundredspecies. This specimen is also recognized by the name of theBlue-winged Swamp Warbler. Its habitat is eastern UnitedStates, cliiefly south of forty degrees and west of the Alle-ghanies, north irregularly to ^Massachusetts and Michigan,and west to border of the Great Plains. In winter it livesin eastern Mexico and 2G0 BLUE-WINGED YELLOW COPrRIGHT 1S00, BY A. W. MUMPORD, CHICAGO
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