The spring males may readily be recognized in the bush by their small size, by the bright yellow underparts, by their ashy heads and back, and by their habit of feeding in the middle branches of the trees down to the underbrush. The concealed rufous spot on the crown, from which the bird takes its scientific specific name, can rarely be seen in the live bird, no doubt chiefly because the bird is perpetually above you.
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| FROM COL. CHI. ACAD. SCIENCES. | NASHVILLE WARBLER. Life-size. | COPYRIGHT 1899, NATURE STUDY PUB. CO., CHICAGO. |
CHIEF SIMON POKAGON.
C. C. MARBLE.
Gather him to his grave again,
And solemnly and softly lay
Beneath the verdure of the plain,