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# National Geographic Magazine/Volume 31/Number 4/Friends of Our Forests/Black-poll Warbler

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## The Warblers of North America
### Black-poll Warbler (Dendroica striata)

Range: Breeds in Hudsonian and Canadian Zones from limit of trees in northwestern Alaska, northern Mackenzie, central Keewatin, northern Ungava, and Newfoundland south to central British Columbia, Manitoba, Michigan, northern Maine, and mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire; winters from Guiana and Venezuela to Brazil.
The black-poll is one of our commonest warblers, in both spring and fall, and probably heads the warbler list in point of numbers. So far as superficial observations go, the bird would seem to be no spryer, no more industrious, and no more adept in hunting food than its compeers; but for some reason or other, possibly greater adaptability, it seems to have succeeded beyond most of its kind in extending its breeding range and in multiplying. It is a late migrant, both spring and fall, and when the hordes of black-polls put in an appearance, especially in the vernal season, one may know that the end of the migrating season is at hand. A laggard in spring, it is also a loiterer in fall, and occasionally a flock of black-polls will linger in some sheltered valley where food is abundant till long after others of the family have passed southward.
The bird nests chiefly in the far north, though it summers as far south as the Adirondacks. As it winters in South America, there are thus at least 5,000 miles between its extreme northern and southern habitats. Chapman notes that it is one of the very few warblers that migrate directly across the West Indies from South America to Florida. It makes its appearance in the Gulf States about the last of April. As pointed out by Professor Cooke, the black-poll is “one of the greatest travelers among the warblers. The shortest journey that any black-poll performs is 3,500 miles, while those that nest in Alaska have 7,000 miles to travel to their probable winter home in Brazil.” One can only wonder that so small a bird has the requisite courage and strength to undertake twice a year such a vast journey, every stage of which is compassed by dangers of one sort or another.
Source: Henry W. Henshaw (April 1917), “Friends of Our Forests”, The National Geographic Magazine 31(4): 315. (Illustration from p. 313.)
# National Geographic Magazine/Volume 31/Number 4/Friends of Our Forests/Black-throated Gray Warbler

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## The Warblers of North America
### Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens)

Range: Breeds in Transition Zone from southern British Columbia, Nevada, northern Utah, and northwestern Colorado south to northern Lower California, southern Arizona, and northern New Mexico; winters in southern Lower California and in Mexico from Durango to Michoacan, Vera Cruz, and Oaxaca.
The handsome black-throated gray warbler is exclusively western in distribution, from our southern border to British Columbia. Though I have seen it many times, I am unable to recall any especially salient characteristics possessed by the species. Like others of the family, the black-throat is an active insect hunter, both among the oaks and various kinds of scrub growths of the valleys and the conifers of higher altitudes. The bird seems naturally to suggest the black-throated green warbler of the Eastern States, but I am not aware that in habits it is more nearly comparable to that species than to others. In choice of nesting sites it exhibits a wide range of taste, and nests have been found in scrub oaks, pines, and firs, and varying in height from the ground from 3 or 4 feet up to 50 feet or more.
Source: Henry W. Henshaw (April 1917), “Friends of Our Forests”, The National Geographic Magazine 31(4): 318. (Illustration from p. 316.)
# National Geographic Magazine/Volume 31/Number 4/Friends of Our Forests/Black-throated Green Warbler

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## The Warblers of North America
### Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)

Range: Breeds in lower Canadian and Transition Zones from west, central, and northeastern Alberta, southern Manitoba, central Ontario, northeastern Quebec, and Newfoundland south to southern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin, northern Ohio, northern New Jersey, Connecticut, and Long Island, New York, and in the Alleghenies south to South Carolina and Georgia; winters in Mexico (Nuevo Leon to Chiapas and Yucatan), Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama.
What true bird lover is there who does not cherish fond memories of certain birds? The very name of black-throated green warbler carries me back to boyhood days and to a certain pine-crested hill in Massachusetts, from which was wafted on an early spring morning the song of this warbler, heard by me then for the first time. The many years since elapsed have not effaced the sweet strains, and I seem to hear them now as they were borne that morning by the pine-scented spring breeze. I can vividly recall the pleasure the song occasioned and the satisfaction of having added one more bird to my small list of avian acquaintances. Those were the days of mystery, when the woods seemed filled with unknown birds, and secrets lurked in every thicket and met the seeker at every turn. They were the times when bird books were few, keys unknown, and the keen eyes of youth far more satisfactory than the best field glasses of the present day.
The black-throated green is one of the commoner of our eastern warblers and one of the first to engage the attention of the bird student. During migration it may be met with in every kind of woodland, where it is at home, both high and low, ever pursuing with tireless energy its quest for insects. It has two songs, or rather one song delivered in two different ways, sprightly, sweet, and perfectly characteristic. In summer it is partial to coniferous woods, especially white pines and hemlocks, and it frequently nests in these, though also in birches and alders.
Source: Henry W. Henshaw (April 1917), “Friends of Our Forests”, The National Geographic Magazine 31(4): 318. (Illustration from p. 316.)
# National Geographic Magazine/Volume 31/Number 4/Friends of Our Forests/Blue-winged Warbler

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## The Warblers of North America
### Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus)

Range: Breeds from southeastern Minnesota, southern Michigan, western New York, Massachusetts (rarely), and southern Connecticut south to northeastern Kansas, central Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware; winters from southern Mexico (Puebla) to Guatemala.
Like the golden-wing, the blue-winged warbler is confined to the Eastern States, but it ranges considerably farther west than that species and occurs almost or quite to the Plains. The blue-wing is in many ways an inconspicuous member of the warbler group, but, because of its perplexing relationship with the golden-wing, Brewster's warbler, and Lawrence's warbler, its ornithological interest is excelled by few. Like the golden-wing, it prefers deciduous trees and second growths and shuns the deeper parts of the forests. It has the habit—shared by the golden-wing and chickadee—of hanging from the under side of any particular cluster it wishes to investigate, and no doubt it makes sure of insects that defy the less careful search of most other species. The ordinary song of the blue-wing is comparable to the golden-wing's, being in fact little else than an apology for a song, with the same insectlike quality. This warbler, though of distinctly arboreal habits, prefers to nest on the ground, or a few inches above it, in a tuft of grass, a clump of goldenrods, or at the foot of a sapling.
The nest is rather bulky, composed of leaves and grasses, put together after the artless manner of its kind; but it is usually well concealed by the surrounding screen of grass or weeds from any but chance discovery.
Source: Henry W. Henshaw (April 1917), “Friends of Our Forests”, The National Geographic Magazine 31(4): 311. (Illustration from p. 308.)
# National Geographic Magazine/Volume 31/Number 4/Friends of Our Forests/Audubon's Warbler

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## The Warblers of North America
### Audubon's Warbler (Dendroica auduboni)

Length, about 5 inches. Much like the yellow-rump, but with yellow crown and throat patch.
Range: Breeds from central British Columbia, Alberta, and southwestern Saskatchewan to our southern border, east to South Dakota and Nebraska; winters from California and Texas south to Guatemala.
No member of the wood warbler family is more characteristic of the group than this beautiful bird. In voice, coloration, and habits it is almost the counterpart of the yellow-rump of the Eastern States, for which indeed it might easily be mistaken were it not for its yellow throat, the corresponding area in the yellow-rump being white. It summers in the mountains and shows off to advantage against the dark foliage of the pines. It seems to have little fear of man and in winter frequents orchards, gardens, and dooryards. Wherever it may be, it keeps up an incessant hunt for its insect food, in the pursuit of which, like many others of its family, it sometimes essays the rôle of flycatcher, being very expert and nimble on the wing. This warbler also devours large numbers of ants, flies, scale and plant lice, and noxious bugs.
(See Biol. Surv. Bull. 30, pp. 43–46.)
Source: Henry W. Henshaw (April 1917), “Friends of Our Forests”, The National Geographic Magazine 31(4): 307. (Illustration from p. 309.)
# National Geographic Magazine/Volume 31/Number 4/Friends of Our Forests/Black-throated Blue Warbler

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## The Warblers of North America
### Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica cærulescens cærulescens)

Range: Breeds in Canadian and Transition Zones from northern Minnesota, central Ontario, and northeastern Quebec south to central Minnesota, southern Michigan, southern Ontario, Pennsylvania (mountains), and northern Connecticut; winters from Key West, Florida, to the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and Cozumel Island.
The male black-throated blue warbler is one of the most conspicuous of the warblers, his black throat and blue back serving to distinguish him at all times and all seasons. The female, despite her inconspicuous coloration, may always be identified by the white spot on the primaries. The bird is common and ranges widely through eastern North America, and few flocks of migrating warblers are without a greater or less number of this species. Though in the main a common resident of the northern woods, in the mountains it breeds as far south as Maryland, while a color variety of the bird (Dendroica cærulescens cairnsi) nests in the southern Alleghenies from Pennsylvania south to Georgia.
Thayer, as quoted by Chapman, says of the song: “There is not a more regularly and amply versatile singer among our eastern warblers than the bIack-throated blue. It has at least four main songs, on which it is forever playing notable variations.”
Whether in its northern or southern home, the black-throated blue warbler builds its nest of bark, roots, and other pliant material, loose and rather bulky, in a variety of saplings, bushes, and weeds, but always a few inches or a few feet from the ground.
Source: Henry W. Henshaw (April 1917), “Friends of Our Forests”, The National Geographic Magazine 31(4): 311. (Illustration from p. 312.)
# National Geographic Magazine/Volume 31/Number 4/Friends of Our Forests/Blackburnian Warbler

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## The Warblers of North America
### Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)

Range: Breeds in lower Canadian and upper Transition Zones from Manitoba, southern Keewatin, central Ontario, Quebec, and Cape Breton Island to central Minnesota, Wisconsin, northern Michigan, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, and in the Alleghenies from Pennsylvania to Georgia and South Carolina; winters from Colombia to central Peru and less commonly north to Yucatan.
The Blackburnian, one of the gems of the warbler tribe, has a rather wide range in eastern North America, extending west as far as the Plains and north to Manitoba. Apparently it is nowhere, at least in migration, an abundant warbler, and there are few field observers so seasoned to the sight of its beautiful colors as not to be thrilled by sight of the bird. In migration its habits offer nothing peculiar. In the Atlantic States in September careful scrutiny of a migrating band of warblers and other birds will often reveal the presence of one or perhaps half a dozen Blackburnians. About Mount Monadnock, Gerald Thayer finds it a “very common summer resident. It is one of the four deep-wood warblers of this region, the other three being the black-throated blue, the Northern parula, and the Canada.”
The Blackburnian favors very big trees, particularly hemlocks, and spends most of its life high above the ground. As Thayer says, the Blackburnian is the “preëminent forest warbler of the group, the lover of deep mixed growth and the upper branches of the biggest conifers.” The bird has a thin, shrill voice and utters at least two songs or variations which some think resemble the black-throated green's. Whatever the tree selected, be it a hemlock or a deciduous tree, the nest is placed well up among the branches and well out toward the end, where it is safe from all enemies that do not possess wings.
Source: Henry W. Henshaw (April 1917), “Friends of Our Forests”, The National Geographic Magazine 31(4): 315. (Illustration from p. 313.)
# National Lyrics, and Songs for Music/Song of Mina's Soldiers

VIII.
THE SONG OF MINA'S SOLDIERS.
We heard thy name, O Mina!  Far thro' our hills it rang; A sound more strong than tempests,  More keen than armour's clang. The peasant left his vintage,  The shepherd grasp'd the spear— —We heard thy name, O Mina!  The mountain bands are here.
As eagles to the day-spring,  As torrents to the sea, From every dark Sierra  So rush'd our hearts to thee.
Thy spirit is our banner,  Thine eye our beacon-sign, Thy name our trumpet, Mina!  —The mountain bands are thine.
# National Lyrics, and Songs for Music/Pilgrim's Song to the Evening Star

PILGRIM'S SONG TO THE EVENING STAR.
O soft star of the west! Gleaming far, Thou'rt guiding all things home, Gentle star! Thou bring'st from rock and wave,  The sea-bird to her nest, The hunter from the hills,  The fisher back to rest. Light of a thousand streams, Gleaming far! O soft star of the west, Blessed star!
No bowery roof is mine,  No hearth of love and rest, Yet guide me to my shrine,  O soft star of the west! There, there, my home shall be,  Heaven's dew shall cool my breast, When prayer and tear gush free,  —O soft star of the west!
O soft star of the west, Gleaming far! Thou'rt guiding all things home, Gentle star! Shine from thy rosy heaven,  Pour joy on earth and sea! Shine on, tho' no sweet eyes  Look forth to watch for me!
Light of a thousand streams, Gleaming far! O soft star of the west! Blessed star!
# National Lyrics, and Songs for Music/Sing to me, Gondolier

‡ SING TO ME, GONDOLIER!
Sing to me, Gondolier!  Sing words from Tasso's lay; While blue, and still, and clear,  Night seems but softer day: The gale is gently falling  As if it paus'd to hear Some strain the past recalling;  Sing to me, Gondolier!
Oh, ask me not to wake  The memory of the brave; Bid no high numbers break  The silence of the wave.
Gone are the noble-hearted,  Closed the bright pageants here; And the glad song is departed  From the mournful Gondolier!
# National Lyrics, and Songs for Music/Sister, since I met thee last

SISTER! SINCE I MET THEE LAST.
Sister! since I met thee last, O'er thy brow a change hath past, In the softness of thine eyes, Deep and still a shadow lies; From thy voice there thrills a tone, Never to thy childhood known; Thro' thy soul a storm hath moved, —Gentle sister, thou hast loved!
Yes! thy varying cheek hath caught Hues too bright from troubled thought; Far along the wandering stream, Thou art followed by a dream;
In the woods and vallies lone Music haunts thee not thine own: Wherefore fall thy tears like rain? Sister, thou hast loved in vain!
Tail me not the tale, my flower! On my bosom pour that shower! Tell me not of kind thoughts wasted; Tell me not of young hopes blasted; Wring not forth one burning word, Let thy heart no more be stirred! Home alone can give thee rest. —Weep, sweet sister, on my breast!
# National Lyrics, and Songs for Music/Rhine Song of the German Soldiers

RHINE SONG
OF THE GERMAN SOLDIERS AFTER VICTORY.
"I wish you could have heard Sir Walter Scott describe a glorious sight, which had been witnessed by a friend of his!—the crossing of the Rhine, at Ehrenbreitstein, by the German army of Liberators on their victorious return from France. 'At the first gleam of the river,' he said, 'they all burst forth into the national chaunt, 'Am Rhein! Am Rhein!' They were two days passing over; and the rocks and the castle were ringing to the song the whole time;—for each band renewed it while crossing; and even the Cossacks, with the clash and the clang, and the roll of their stormy war-music, catching the enthusiasm of the scene, swelled forth the chorus, Am Rhein! Am Rhein!"—Manuscript Letter.
RHINE SONG
OF THE GERMAN SOLDIERS AFTER VICTORY.
TO THE AIR OF—"AM RHEIN, AM RHEIN."
SINGLE VOICE. It is the Rhine! our mountain vineyards laving,  I see the bright flood shine, I see the bright flood shine! Sing on the march, with every banner waving—  Sing, brothers, 'tis the Rhine! Sing, brothers, ’tis the Rhine!
CHORUS. The Rhine! the Rhine! our own imperial River!  Be glory on thy track, be glory on thy track! We left thy shores, to die or to deliver;—  We bear thee Freedom back, we bear thee Freedom back!
SINGLE VOICE. Hail! Hail! my childhood knew thy rush of water,  Ev'n as my mother's song; ev'n as my mother’s song; That sound went past me on the field of slaughter,  And heart and arm grew strong! And heart and arm grew strong!
CHORUS. Roll proudly on!—brave blood is with thee sweeping.  Poured out by sons of thine, poured out by sons of thine, Where sword and spirit forth in joy were leaping,  Like thee, victorious Rhine! Like thee, victorious Rhine!
SINGLE VOICE. Home!—Home!—thy glad wave hath a tone of greeting,  Thy path is by my home, thy path is by my home: Even now my children count the hours 'till meeting,  O ransomed ones, I come! O ransomed ones, I come!
CHORUS. Go, tell the seas, that chain shall bind thee never,  Sound on by hearth and shrine, sound on by hearth and shrine! Sing through the hills, that thou art free for ever—  Lift up thy voice, O Rhine! Lift up thy voice, O Rhine!
# National Lyrics, and Songs for Music/Prologue to Fiesco

PROLOGUE TO THE TRAGEDY OF FIESCO.
As translated from the German of Schiller, by Colonel D'Aguilar, and performed at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, December, 1832.
PROLOGUE TO THE TRAGEDY OF FIESCO.
Too long apart, a bright but severed band, The mighty minstrels of the Rhine's fair land, Majestic strains, but not for us, had sung,— Moulding to melody a stranger tongue. Brave hearts leaped proudly to their words of power, As a true sword bounds forth in battle's hour; Fair eyes rained homage o'er the impassioned lays, In loving tears, more eloquent than praise; While we, far distant, knew not, dreamed not aught Of the high marvels by that magic wrought.
But let the barriers of the sea give way, When mind sweeps onward with a conquerer's sway! And let the Rhine divide high souls no more From mingling on its old heroic shore, Which, e'en like ours, brave deeds through many an age, Have made the Poet's own free heritage!
To us, though faintly, may a wandering tone Of the far minstrelsy at last be known; Sounds which the thrilling pulse, the burning tear, Have sprung to greet, must not be strangers here. And if by one, more used, on march and heath, To the shrill bugle, than the muse's breath, With a warm heart the offering hath been brought, And in a trusting loyalty of thought,— So let it be received!—a Soldier's hand Bears to the breast of no ungenerous land A seed of foreign shores. O'er this fair clime, Since Tara heard the harp of ancient time,
Hath song held empire; then if not with Fame, Let the green isle with kindness bless his aim, The joy, the power, of kindred song to spread, Where once that harp "the soul of music shed!"
# National Lyrics, and Songs for Music/Seek by the Silvery Darro

IV.
SEEK BY THE SILVERY DARRO.
Seek by the silvery Darro,  Where jasmine flowers have blown; There hath she left no footsteps?  —Weep, weep, the maid is gone!
Seek where our Lady's image  Smiles o'er the pine-hung steep; Hear ye not there her vespers?  —Weep for the parted, weep!
Seek in the porch where vine-leaves  O'ershade her father's head? —Are his grey hairs left lonely?  —Weep! her bright soul is fled.
# National Lyrics, and Songs for Music/Oh! ye Voices

III.
O YE VOICES.
O ye voices round my own hearth singing!  As the winds of May to memory sweet, Might I yet return, a worn heart bringing,  Would those vernal tones the Wanderer greet, Once again?
Never, never! Spring hath smiled and parted  Oft since then your fond farewell was said; O'er the green turf of the gentle hearted,  Summer's hand the rose-leaves may have shed, Oft again.
Or if still around my heart ye linger,  Yet, sweet voices! there must change have come; Years have quelled the free soul of the singer,  Vernal tones shall greet the Wanderer home, Ne’er again!