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Show I BEAUTIFUL BIRD 18 AMERICAN. 'Wood Warblers Found on No Other Continent but This. Bo small that tlio cusunl glance frequently fre-quently docs not reveal their presence, tbo great family of wood warblers Is Almost without excoptlon tho most 'brilliantly nml striking colored of our American bird groups, Tho lover of tho beauties of nature will bo well repaid by careful scrutiny of tho little JeweMIko creatures, either with flold glasses or tho naked oyo, for thero nro homo of them unreasonably timid, and patlcnco will reveal marvels In tho way of artistic color combinations. The, wood warbler family Is distinctly distinct-ly American. 'On no other continent In the world Is It represented. Some Blu Warblers, sixty species are Included In Its classl-flcatlon. classl-flcatlon. For tbo most part tho birds are of ridiculously Inadequate proportions propor-tions to combat with tho dangers of tho long blnnnual journey which thoy make In thu effort to obtain tho In. sect food upon which they subsist. Uninformed persons often confuse I thorn with humming birds and wrens. They nro Inconspicuous In tholr movo- I merits, keeping nlways In tho shelter ' of tbo leaves of trees or shrubbery. i With sovornl exceptions, notably among them tho palm warbler, thoy rarely alight on tho ground, preferring prefer-ring to slip nervously but painstakingly painstak-ingly nbout green upper foliage, removing re-moving tunny small and noxious Insects In-sects which cscnpo tho lnrgor and better known bird workers In tho Interest In-terest of tho horticulturist. Chicago Nows. |