YELLOW OR ORANGE CONSPICUOUS 535 



652 c. CALIFORNLV YELLOW WARBLER. — De/zc/rozra 



(estiva hrewsteri. \ 



Family : The Wood Warblers. 



Length: 4.50-5.25. 



AdnJl Male: ITpper parts bright yellowish olive-green, brightest on 

 rump ; forehead bright yellow ; front of crown sometimes tinged 

 with orange ; wing-feathers edged with yellow ; under parts veHow ; 

 breast and belly streaked with rufous. 



Adult Female : Upper parts yellowish green, darker than in the male; 

 lighter on forehead and rump ; under parts pale and duller, usumIIv 

 unstreaked. 



Young : Similar to adult female. 



Geographical Distribution: Pacitic coast region, from Lower Calit'ornia 

 north to Washington. Possibly farther south in winter. 



California Breeding Ramie : In upper Sonoran zone chiefly, and else- 

 where throughout the State. 



Breeding Season : April, May, and June. 



Nest: Compact cup-shaped structure ; made of grayish plant-fibre, spider 

 webs, etc. ; lined with down and feathers ; placed in bushes or trees. 



Eggs: 2 to 6 ; bluish white, spotted usually in wreath around the larger 

 end, with brown, black, and lilac gray. Size 0.66 X 0.48. 



The Wallow Warbler of California is the yellow war- 

 bler of the Ea.st, the '' fsuinnier yellow bird " of the Mas- 

 saehusetts fanners, sometimes erroneously called the wild 

 canary, and its '' wee-chee-chee-chee-cher-wec " rings as 

 joyously from the chaparral as from the wild rose and 

 the blackberries. Next to the robin and tlie bluebird, it 

 is the bird best known to the country children, who Hud 

 its nest in tlie hazel bushes on the way to school. In 

 California it is somewhat more siiy and less apt to come 

 into view from every roadside thicket. 



The nest is an cxcpiisitely moulded eu[) lined witli 

 plant down that has been felted until it is liki^ shinini; 

 white satin ; even the rim presentin.LC a smootlilv ndled 



