184 BIRDS OF FIELD, FOREST AND PARK 



the words, ^^pea-cie, pea-cie-hit-i-hit-i-hit.''^ 

 Langille finds in the first part of the song a 

 similarity to that of the Black and White 

 Warbler, while the latter part is likened to the 

 notes of the Chipping Sparrow. There is also a 

 flight song, with ''chippings" before and after, 

 which is said to be more hurried. 



The nest of moss, lichens and dead leaves, 

 lined with fine rootlets, is placed on the ground 

 in small growth, often among gray birches. 

 This habit has led to its being called the Birch 

 Warbler. The eggs are white with fine brown 

 spots. They range in summer from southern 

 New England to Labrador, wintering in Central 

 America and Mexico. These birds are slightly 

 less than five inches in length. 



Parula Warbler. If you visit thickly 

 wooded sections either in city parks or in the 

 country, about the middle of May, you will be 

 pretty sure to find a large number of migrating 

 warblers. Prominent among them will be the 

 charming little Parula, one of the most attrac- 

 tively dressed of the whole family. They are 

 very tame during migration and if you sit quiet 

 will come close about you. In mid-May this 

 year, we found them in Forest Park, New York 

 City, so plentiful that we could hardly believe 

 our eyes, and so tame it seemed they would 

 light on our hats. They were feeding busily on 

 gnats, flies and mosquitoes. On another visit 

 a few days later we found they had gone on 

 their way to the nesting grounds. 



The dress of the Parula is very pretty. The 

 upper parts are grayish blue with a yellow patch 



