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     ably) and Connecticut (rarely) northward to Labrador, and south along the 
     
     crest of the Allcghanies to Georgia; winters in the tropics. 
     
    

    
     Washington, very common T. V., Apl. 25 to May 25; Aug. 27 to Oct. 18. 
     
     Sing Sing, common T. V., Apl. 25 to May 28; Aug. 26 to Oct. 10. Cambridge, 
     
     rather common T. V., May 10 to 25; Sept. 20 to' Oct. 10. 
     
    

    
     Nest, of strips of bark, fine grasses, and pine needles, lined with hairlike 
     
     black rootlets, in the heavier undergrowth of dense woods, usually within 
     
     two feet of the ground. Eggs, three to five, grayish white, with distinct and 
     
     obscure olive-brown markings, chiefly about the larger ends, '68 x '50. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The male BIack-throated Blue Warbler can be identified at sight, 
     
     but his obscurcly colored mate has been the cause of many a field 
     
     student’s neckache. When flitting about with other Warblers it is 
     
     difficult to observe any positive character by which to distinguish her; 
     
     but the white spot at the base of the primaries is an unmistakable 
     
     mark, if one can see it clearly. 
     
    

    
     When nesting, the birds seem to require woods with rather heavy 
     
     undergrowth. Their call-note is a sharp, recognizable chip. The 
     
     song of the male is generally written zwee-zwee—zwee, but both call- 
     
     notes and song are subject to variation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     655. Dendroica. coronata. (Lima). MYRTLE WARBLER; YELLOW-- 
     
     BUNPED WARBLER. (Fig. 98.) Ad. 6 .—-A yellow patch on the crown, rump, 
     
     and either side of the breast ,' upper parts bluish gray, streaked with black; 
     
     two white wing—bars; outer tail-feathers with white spots on their inner 
     
     vanes near the tip; throat white; breast and upper belly heavily marked 
     
     with black; lower belly white. Ad. 9 .—Similar, but with less black below; 
     
     breast simply streaked with black; upper parts browner. 1m. and ads. in 
     
     winter.—Yellow crown patch more or less concealed by brownish tips to the 
     
     feathers; rump bright yellow; yellow on the sides of the breast much re— 
     
     duced; upper parts grayish brown, streaked with black; wing-bars grayish; 
     
     tail with white patches; under parts soiled white, streaked with black. L., 
     
     5'65; W., 285; T., 225; B. from N., '29. 
     
    

    
     Remarks—The yellow patches on the crown, rump, and sides of the breast 
     
     are characteristic of this species. 
     
    

    
     Range—Eastern North America; breeds from northern Minnesota and 
     
     northern New England northward; winters from the Middle States south- 
     
     ward. 
     
    

    
     Washington, abundant W. V., Sept. 28 to May 20. Sing Sing, common 
     
     T. V., Apl. 13 to May 28; Aug. 16 to Nov. 11; a few winter. Cambridge, 
     
     abundant T. V., Apl. 18 to May 20; Sept. 20 to Nov. 3; a few winter. 
     
    

    
     Nest, of vegetable fibers lined with grasses, in coniferous trees five to ten 
     
     feet up. Eggs. four or five, white or grayish white, distinctly and obscurely 
     
     spotted and speckled or blotched with olive-brown or ruf'ous—brown, 1'70 x ‘52. 
     
    
   
   
    
     These strong, hardy Warblers leave their cousins of the woods 
     
     and in loose companies forage in old fields and scrubby growths 
     
     among the bayberry or myrtle (Mg/rice cerifem) bushes, which bear