Cinclidæ: Ouzel.—The solitary species of ouzel found with us inhabits the mountain streams of the far west.
Sylvidæ: True Warblers.—Are pre-eminently birds of the woodlands, but occasionally the kinglets, notably the golden-crowned, will wander into orchards during mild days in winter.
Chamæidæ: Wrentits.—The only species found in the United States inhabits the sage-brush in the far southwest.
Paridæ: Titmice.—Are also found in the woods or thickets, but some species wander into the orchards during winter.
Sittidæ: Nuthatches.—Are birds of the woodlands as a rule, but the white and red-bellied nuthatches wander considerably in autumn, while the brown-headed seldom if ever leave the piny woods of the south.
Troglodytidæ: Wrens.—The creeper-wrens are found among the cacti of the far southwest, while the rock-wrens occur among thickets in a similar region. The true wrens are found in thickets, often in the neighborhood of dwellings, in which they frequently build, while the two marsh wrens occur on both salt and fresh water marshes throughout the country.
Alaudidæ: True Larks.—These birds occur on the far prairies, on the coast of Labrador, and in winter along the barren seashores of the northern and middle section.
Motacilidæ: Wagtails.—Are also birds of the open country, and the titlark is found in fields during the migrations, especially along the coast from Maine to Florida.
Sylvicolidæ: American Warblers.—These gems of the woodland and of wayside thickets abound throughout the length and breadth of our country. During the migrations they are generally distributed, it not being uncommon, then, to find even the Blackburnian warbler, which, during the nesting season, is pre-eminently a bird of the deep woods, feeding in the open fields, while I have taken the Cape May warbler, which occurs in summer in the thick evergreens of the north, feeding among the oranges and bananas in the gardens of Key West. Warblers then should be looked after nearly everywhere, among willows by the brookside, on the barren hill-tops which scarcely support a scant growth of pine or cedars, and on the blooming trees of orchards. Some species are exceedingly shy, so as to require a heavy charge of dust-shot to reach them, while others are so tame as to peer inquisitively into the very face of a collector as he makes his way through their chosen retreats.
Tanagridæ: Tanagers.—These strikingly colored birds are usually found in the woods, occasionally however visiting the open sections. They are rather shy and retiring in habits, and their presence must be usually detected by their song.