Natural history of animals; . Fig. 122 —Ouzel. Fig. 123. — Nightingale, than the Robin, and of a dark lead-color. This curiousThrush frequents mountain streams, into which it walksor dives, and moves about beneath the water in searchof insects and other small animals upon which it feeds. 9o VERTEBRATES: BIRDS. Warblers, Warblers are among the smallest, most beautiful, andinteresting of singing Birds. Many kinds are generallyfound in the same locality, and may be seen glidingamong the thick foliage, busily engaged in catchingminute insects which hide beneath the leaves and inthe buds and blosso
Natural history of animals; . Fig. 122 —Ouzel. Fig. 123. — Nightingale, than the Robin, and of a dark lead-color. This curiousThrush frequents mountain streams, into which it walksor dives, and moves about beneath the water in searchof insects and other small animals upon which it feeds. 9o VERTEBRATES: BIRDS. Warblers, Warblers are among the smallest, most beautiful, andinteresting of singing Birds. Many kinds are generallyfound in the same locality, and may be seen glidingamong the thick foliage, busily engaged in catchingminute insects which hide beneath the leaves and inthe buds and blossoms, and which often escape thesight of other and larger Birds. Some of the Warblersare the sweetest of songsters, as the celebrated Night-ingale of Europe, shown in Figure 123. More thanfifty kinds are found in the United States; their verynames are beautiful and suggestive. Some of themore common are the Maryland Yellowthroat, the.
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