YELLOW OR ORANGE CONSPICUOUS 537 



655. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, OR xMYRTLE 

 WARBLER. — Dendroica coronata. 



Family : The Wood Warblers. 



Length: 5.65. 



Adult Male in ISpring and Suninier : A yellow patch on the crown, 

 rump, and either side of the breast ; upper parts bluish gray, streaked 

 with black ; two white wing-bars ; tail black, with gray edgings ; 

 outer pair of tail-feathers with large spots of white ; throat white ; 

 breast and upper belly heavily marked with black ; lower belly 

 white. 



Adult Female in Spring and Summer : Similar, but smaller, and colors 

 duller ; upper parts browner ; breast simply streaked with black. 



Adult Male in Fall and J F inter : Upper parts grayish brown, streaked 

 with black on back and scapulars ; yellow crown patch concealed by 

 brown tips of feathers ; throat and chest bntfy brown ; chest streaked 

 with black ; yellow patches obscured ; black patches with white edges 

 to feathers. 



Adult Female in Fall and Winter : Similar to winter male, but smaller; 

 upper parts browner, yellow crown patch restricted or obsolete ; under 

 parts {)ale bufl-brown in front and on sides ; centre of breast and 

 belly yellowish white ; yellow breast patches indistinct. 



Young : Similar to adults, but no yellow anywhere except sometimes on 

 rump ; whole plumage thickly streaked above and below. 



Geographical Disfrihution : North America, chiefly east and north of 

 Rocky Mountains ; rare west, except along the Pacific coast ; south 

 in winter to Middle States, West Indies, and Panama. 



Breeding Range : British Columbia and Alaska. 



Breeding Season: June 15 to July 15. 



Nest: Of vegetable fibres; lined with mosses, feathers, and hair; placed 

 in coniferous trees, 5 to 10 feet from tlie ground. 



Eggs: 3 to 6 ; white, spotli-d (-hicfly around larger end with brown and 

 lilac. Size 0.70 X 0..^.2. 



The Yellow-ruiiipcd Warbler diflers IVoiii the Audubon 

 warbler in liavin;^ a white throat. Both species are very 

 like the Myrtk' Warl»h'r of the Ivist, and Mr. Crimiell 

 lists tlic W'llow-ruinped in ( 'alifornia as the '' Alaska 

 Myrtle Warbler," while Mrs. Hai ley calls it ''the Eastern 



