72 Land Birds of New England 



25. YELLOW PALM WARBLER 

 YELLOW RED-POLL 



(Dendroica palmarum liypochrysea.} 



Upper parts olive, streaked with dark on head and neck, becoming 

 brighter on rump ; under parts yellow, somewhat streaked 

 with dark ; wings and tail dark, tail with white blotches. Male 

 in spring with a chestnut cap. Beak and feet slender and dark. 

 Bird rather less than two-thirds the size of a sparrow. Sexes 

 similar. 



THE yellow palm warbler comes to* us in late 

 April, spending about two weeks on his northward 

 way, and appears again in the latter part of Sep- 

 tember. His favorite haunt is in the neighborhood 

 of a swamp ; but he may also be found about bushy 

 woodland borders, and even in ploughed land, 

 gardens, and orchards. They are usually found on 

 the ground and in small companies. They are 

 most readily distinguished from other warblers by 

 a habit of jerking or flirting the tail, especially 

 when on a perch. 



The nest is said to be placed on the ground, but 

 the bird in this region does not nest south of Maine. 



The notes are weak and not characteristic. 



