186 BIRDS OF FIELD, FOREST AND PARK 



black band from between the eye and the bill ex- 

 tends down the sides of the neck. There are 

 white patches on the cheeks and two white wing 

 bars. The back is streaked with dark and light 

 olive-green. The tail is black with white patches 

 near the tips of the feathers. The under parts 

 are white, the sides chestnut. The dress of the 

 female is similar, but the colors are somewhat 

 fainter. 



This is a common Warbler in New England 

 in summer, but leaves early. They are good fly- 

 catchers and also gleaners of bugs and grubs 

 among the leaves of the trees about their homes. 

 Sometimes they come to our law^n on a food 

 quest, although their nests are a half mile away. 

 In blackberry bushes I often find a nest made of 

 tendrils, strips of bark and rootlets lined with 

 pine needles. The eggs are white with brown 

 spots mostly about the larger end. They range 

 in summer from Illinois and central New Jersey 

 north to Newfoundland and southward in the 

 mountains. They winter in the tropics. 



The song of the Chestnut-sided Warbler is 

 often compared to that of the Yellow Warbler, 

 and it will require a little experience to dis- 

 criminate between them. It has been described 

 as ^He-te-ie-te-we-cher.^'' Another version is ^Hsee, 

 tsee^ happy to meet you,^^ The notes are dis- 

 tinct and rather explosive at the end. The song 

 season is short, usually ending by the middle of 

 July. 



Wilson's Warbler. This Warbler is little 

 known in the Eastern States except as a traveler 

 in spring and fall. Aside from the few that nest 



