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such being the ease. I am, moreover, inclined to think that 

 Ihey never sing verj^ agreeably. 



(L) CORONATA. Yellow-rumped Warbler. " Yelloio-rump." 

 " Myrtle Bird." " Willow Warbler." 



(A very common migrant through Massachusetts.) 



(a). About 5 J- inches long. $, in spring and summer, 

 slaty ; black-streaked. Wings browner, and concealing the 

 rump, when closed. Throat and belly, white. Croion, ruvip, 

 and a patch on the side of the breast, bright yellow. "Wing-bars, 

 etc., white. ^ , in fall and winter, and 9 generally browner, 

 "with less pure colors. Young, brown above, and white below, 

 with a few slender side-streaks sometimes extending across the 

 breast ; rump yellow. Various intermediate stages of color- 

 ation also exist. 



(6). "The nest is usually placed in a bush, is constructed 

 of various soft materials, and is lined with horse-hairs, down, 

 or some other suitable material." Mr. Maynard speaks of 

 nests found in Northern Maine in early June, all of which 

 " contained four fresh eggs," as being built in low spruces 

 about four feet from the ground, and constructed of hemlock 

 twigs, lined with feathers. A nest which I found in Northern 

 New Hampshire was somewhat different, but contained three 

 eggs, which were white, marked with purplish and brown, and 

 averaged -68 X "50 of an inch. Dr. Brewer describes others 

 as measuring about '75 X '55 of an inch, and being white, or 

 often bluish, "blotched and spotted with reddish-bi'own, purple, 

 and darker shades of brown." 



(c). The " Yellow-rumps" are among the most abundant of 

 all the migrants who travel through Massachusetts, being 

 always very common here at times between the twentieth of 

 April and the last of Ma}', and again in the latter part of Sep- 

 tember and in October. They pass the summer principally in 

 Labrador and Canada, and also to a certain extent in the 

 White Mountain Region, and Nortliern Maine; but I know no 

 well authenticated instance of their so doing in this State. I 

 have, however, known them to pass the winter here, though 



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