110 BIEDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK 



in the interior of the State. It is found in dry, scrubby 

 second-growth, especially on sandy soil. It is abundant on 

 Martha's Vineyard and on parts of Cape Cod, but rare or 

 only locally common over most of its range. It arrives 

 early in May, and leaves in September. 



The Prairie Warbler's song is a series of sharp, thin notes 

 running rapidly up the scale. They may be distinguished 



from the Parula's notes by their thin- 

 ness ; the Parula's voice is wheezy, 

 nor would it be often heard in the hot, 

 dry situations in which the Prairie 

 Warbler delights. 



The Canada Warbler (p. 100), the 

 Black and Yellow (p. 118), and the 

 rare Cape May also have yellow under 

 parts streaked with black. Only in the Prairie Warbler, 

 however, is the black confined to the sides. The Canada 

 Warbler, moreover, chooses low, wet places, even on migra- 

 tion, and in summer the breeding areas of the two birds 

 hardly overlap. 



Fig. 14. Prairie Warbler 



Yellow Palm Warbler ; Yellow Eedpoll. Dendroica 



palmarum hypochrysea 

 5.43 



Ad. in spring. — Crown chestnut; back brownish; under parts 

 bright yellow; sides of throat, breast, and sides of belly streaked 

 with reddish-brown ; no white wing-bars. Ad. in fall and Im. — 

 Crown-patch concealed; under parts as above. 



Nest^ on the ground. Eggs, buffy w^hite, speckled with brown. 



The Yellow Palm Warbler or Yellow Eedpoll is a mi- 

 grant through New England and Xew York, appearing in 

 April and early May, and again in September and early 

 October. It breeds sparingly in open juniper-bogs in north- 

 ern and eastern Maine (Knight). In spring it is a bird of 

 stone walls, bushes, and low trees, feeding often on the 



