. Uccelli attraverso gli anni . d inverno negli stati del Golfo. Nel sud sono uccelli familiari nei giardini e nelle strade delle città, molti dei loro modi amichevole re-minding uno dei ChippingSparrow. Warbler bianco e nero. Se al nome di questo commonWarbler si aggiunge il wordcreeping, la descrizione sarà abbastanza completa da abilitarti prontamente per identificarlo; forblack e bianco sono i suoi colori, e lui è tanto di creeperas un Nuthatch. Il vestito del maschio è molto pulito, il nero di cocco essendo tratteggiato e stripedwith bianco puro. La femmina hasa marrone ombra sui lati eless nero su
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. Birds through the years . d winter in theGulf states. In the south they are familiar birds in the gardens and streets of the towns, many of their friendly ways re-minding one of the ChippingSparrow. Black-and-white Warbler. —If to the name of this commonWarbler you add the wordcreeping, the description willbe complete enough to enableyou readily to identify him ; forblack and white are his colors, and he is as much of a creeperas a Nuthatch. The dress ofthe male is very neat, the coalblack being dashed and stripedwith pure white. The female hasa brownish shade on the sides andless black on the under parts;otherwise her plumage is thesame.They appear soon after the Yellow Palms arrive andmay be found wherever there are trees; I have never seenthe Black-and-white Warbler on the ground, except nearits nest. In the trees of the orchard, by the roadside, inthe woods and parks, they busily search the trunks andbranches for insects, nervously flitting about from limbto limb with all the restless energy of their race.. Black-and-white Warblers, Male and Female. THE WARBLERS II3 But their search, although steady, seems careless whencompared with the businesslikj plodding of the liruwnCreeper. While seeking food they sing a strain ofhigh, wiry notes, locaihy, wcacliv, sec, sec, sec, not par-ticularly musical, yet pleasing for a certain touch ofwildness. These Warblers are not shy birds, paying little heedto your presence. I often see them in the sliade treesnear the house. One day in spring an unusual soundattracted me to the kitchen, where I found a Black-and-white Warbler fluttering against the window in an effortto escape. Catching him, I gently stroked his head untilhis fear seemed quite overcome, and he rested quietlyin my hand. When released, he flew to an elm on thelawn and sat quietly for some time, in fact longerthan I ever saw one still before. He seemed to besomewhat dazed by his adventure, but finally flew toa near-by maple and took up his never ending searchfor
