. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. I'l. 3aO KENTUCKY WAh'llLER the vvivn-llk(. son- we had been iolhmug, an<l on a low hush, with head thrown buck, the bird was But -the hnMm Wren was a brilliant yellow with blaek, velvety bands bordering his throat! A Kentucky Warbler, we exclaimed in excited whispers, and then stood silent, afraid of the bird that, quite unmindful of us, now hopped down to the ground, and now mounted a bush to sing. ' laur-wce, Bur-ioee, Jcluvwee: we repeated after him, to test for ourselves Mr Tor re
. Birds of village and field [microform] : a bird book for beginners. Birds; Oiseaux. I'l. 3aO KENTUCKY WAh'llLER the vvivn-llk(. son- we had been iolhmug, an<l on a low hush, with head thrown buck, the bird was But -the hnMm Wren was a brilliant yellow with blaek, velvety bands bordering his throat! A Kentucky Warbler, we exclaimed in excited whispers, and then stood silent, afraid of the bird that, quite unmindful of us, now hopped down to the ground, and now mounted a bush to sing. ' laur-wce, Bur-ioee, Jcluvwee: we repeated after him, to test for ourselves Mr Tor rey's phrasing of it, and indeed, at times the bird pronounced the syllables as distinctly as a person. And with what ricliness of tone! Surely It IS a song that goes well with the songster. Mr lorrey, referring to his notebook, copies the ex- clamation made in the field, " It is a beau^-'" and no one seeing the bird for the first time in such a setting as we saw him can fail to share his enthusiasm. But how about the Carolina Wren ? We did not say much about that on the spot, but when we got home and consulted the books our self- respect was restored, for they say that the Ken- tucky's song resembles that of both Wren and Cardinal, the two birds whose notes are so puz- zlingly similaro t 3 I. 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. 1863. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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