120 BIKDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK 



by the black crown. In all plumages the tall of the Black 

 and Yellow is a good field-mark ; even when closed it shows 

 white halfway down, and extensive black tips. 



Myrtle Warbler ; Yellow-rumped AYarbler. Den- 



droica coronata 



5.65 



Ad. $. — Upper parts gray, with a bluish tiuge in strong 

 light ; ?'ump and small crown-patch yellow ; wing bars white ; 

 cheeks black ; throat white ; sides of upper breast black, of lower 

 breast yellow ; belly white ; three outer tail-feathers with large 

 white spots. Ad. J. — Upper parts browner ; less black below. 

 Ad. in winter and Im. — Yellow crown-patch partly hidden by 

 brownish ; back brownish ; breast washed with brownish ; rump 

 yellow ; outer tail-feathers spotted with white. 



Nest, in coniferous trees, five to ten feet up. Eggs, grayish 

 white, spotted with brown. 



The Yellow-rumped Warbler is the only member of its 

 family which winters in New York and New England ; it 



is found in winter from 

 Ipswich, Mass., southward 

 along the sea-coast wher- 

 ever bay berries are abun- 

 dant. It has even been 

 found at Pine Point, Scar- 

 boro, Me., in January. 

 Early in April the Yel- 

 low-rump appears as a 

 migrant, and early in May 

 it becomes abundant. A 

 few migrants occasionally reappear late in August, but the 

 great host, now in their winter plumage, pass through late 

 in September and through October. It breeds commonly 

 in the extensive spruce forests of northern New York and 

 New England ; sparingly in Worcester and Berkshire coun- 

 ties, Mass., and here and there on the upland of southern 



Fig. 19. Myrtle Warbler 



