62 PIXE ]]'ARBLER. 



eggs, 4 to 5, are bluish white, thickly speckled with 

 brown. 



In the country these Warblers are frequently im- 

 posed upon by the Cowbird, but they show great 

 ingenuity in getting rid of the olmoxious egg bv 

 building a second story to their nest, thus covering it 

 out of sight. 



Yellow Warblers are among our most useful bird 

 citizens, for besides winged-insects they eat canker- 

 worms, spiders, plant-lice and small beetles. 



Yellow-throated Warbler: Dcndroica domiuica. 



Length 5^ inches. 



Upper parts graj'; a yellow line in front of the eye and a 

 white line over it. 



Forehead and cheeks black: white patch on side of the 

 neck: two white wing-bars. 



Throat and breast yellow: belly white, sides streaked with 

 black. 



A rare summer resident, sometimes common in late Jul}'-; 

 winters in the tropics. 



This handsome Warbler frequents woods that bor- 

 der streams, but he is a southern bird and is seldom 

 common as far north as this. His song is said to 

 resemble that of the Indigo-bird. 



The nest is high in trees, often in pines. The eggs, 

 4 to 5, are thickly speckled with brown. 



Pine \Varbler: Dcndroica vii:orsii. 



Length ^Yz inches. 



Upper parts bright olive-green: two whitish wing-bars; 

 white patches on outer tail-feathers. 



Under parts bright yellow. Female much duller. 



Resident (rare in early summer) from Alarch :Si to October 

 25: winters in the Southern States and the Bahamas. 



The Pine Warbler is well named, for he is seldom 

 found elsewhere than in pine woods, where he hunts 



