woou wax muaalts. 3 53

blur-k; belly and under tail-eoverts whiter, 1m. 6 .Wliesembles the 9 , but the \\'iiii_heo\'erts have more white. [1/1. 9. sfiilnilar toad. 9 , but with little or no yellow on the under parts. 14., 5‘00; \\'., 2"11; ’1‘,,l'a‘>‘; B. from N, ‘30.

[Jeni/u.“Eastern North .\meriea; breeds from northern New England north to Hudson llay; winters in the, tropies.

\Vuslllllfl‘i‘lll, sometimes very common. usually uneommon T. \'., May 5 to 20; A um '33 to (let. T. Singr Sing. tolerably eommon T V., Aug. 20 to (let. 1. Cambridge, rare T. \'., May 1.3 to :53: Aug. "7 to Sept. 13.

dist. partially pensile, ot' twigs and gr: . s t'astened with spiders’ webbing,

lined with horsehair, on a. low branch of a small tree in pasture or open Woodland. Lima, three to four, dull white or bully, slightly speeked, and wreathed around the larger end with spots of brown and lilac, '70 x '50 (Chamberlain).

During its migrations this generally rare Warbler may be found associated with its wood-inhabiting congeners. 1n the summer it haunts the higher branches of coniferous trees. Mr. Chamberlain describes its song as somewhat resembling “ the simple lay of the Nashville, though its voiee is neither so full nor so sweet, recalling the thin, wiry tones of the Blaek and White Creeper.”

652. Dendroica. wstiva, ( 017(1’].l. YELLOW WARBLER. Ad. 6 .— Upper parts bright greenish yellow, brighter on the crown: wings edged with yellow; tail l'useous. the innu- L‘mws of [deflation g/z-I/ou‘ ,' under parts bright yellow, streaked with rulous. Ail. 9.71'pper parts uniform yellowish olive— green; tail (xx in 1/11- :3: wings l'useous. edged with yellow; under parts bright yellow, slightly, it at all. streaked with rutous on the hr -ast and sides. 1m. 5. —S‘imilar to the 9. llll. 9 .;L'pper parts light oliveyreen; tail fuscous, the inner margins of the z'nnrr viuu‘x oft/it— tru'ITf't-ut/m's yellow ; under parts uni— form dusky yellowish. L., 5'1”; W.. 2'4": T.7 1'59: B. from N, ' 3.

IX'I'I/HI) .s,![n any plumage this bird may be known by the yellow on the inner vanes ot'the tail»t'eatlu-rs.

[Muffin—North America, exeept Southwestern States: breeds northward to the aretie regions: winters as far south as northern South America.

Washington. eommon S. IL. abundant T. \'., Apl. is to Sept. 30. Sing Sing, common S. it, Apl. :31) to Sept. :37. Cambridge, abundant S. 11., May 1 to Sept 231).

A\V(’Nl‘, of fine grasses and liempen fibers, with a eonspieuous amount of plant down. lined with plant down. fine grasses. and sometimes long: hairs. in the shrubs or trees of lawns or orehards. [Sm/N, four to five, bluish white, thickly marked with einnamon- and oliVe—brown, with frequently a wreath about the

larger end, '70 x '27“.

\Vhen any one tells me he has seen a “Wild (‘anai'_\',"1 feel rea- sonably sure he refers to the, Yellow \Varbler. for the easual observer

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at, once betr s his inexperience by entirely overlooking the bird's streaked breast and slender bill.

It has, it is true, the general appearance of a yellow bird, and its l 2.1

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