PINE WAHHLEK. 371 



Tiu'. Black-throiited Green Warl)ler is a regular visitor in spi'ing 

 and fall. It appears a few days earlier in spring than some others of 

 its class, and soon annouiices its arrival by the frequent utterance of 

 its characteristic notes, which are readily recognized wlien heard in 

 the woods, but are difficult to translate into our language. When 

 the Warblers are on their migratory journey, they use trees of all 

 kinds as i-esting places, but while seeking food this species evidently 

 j)refers the pines, and is most frequently seen among the higher 

 branches. Iji the fall they are as active as ever in their movements, 

 but are mostly silent, except in the utterance of a simple chirp to 

 advise each other of their whereabouts. 



DENDROICA VIGORSII (Aud.). 

 279. Pine Warbler, (071) 



Uniform yellowish-olive above, yellow below, paler or white' on belly and 

 under tail coverts, shaded and sometimes obsoletely streaked with darker on 

 the sides ; superciliary line, yellow ; wing bars, white ; tail blotches confined to 

 two outer pairs of feathers, large, oblique. Female and i/onii;/ : — Similar, 

 fluUer; sometimes "^merely [olive-gray above and sordid-whitish beloNx. The 

 variations in precise shade are interminable, but the species may always be 

 known by the lack ,of{any special sharp markings whatever, except the super- 

 ciliary line, and by the combination of white wing bars with large oblique tail 

 spots confined to the two outer pairs of feathers. Length, 5'^ to nearly (5 inches. 



H.\B. — Eastern United States to the Plains, north to Ontario and New 

 Brunswick, wintering in the South Atlantic and Oulf States, an<l the Bahamas. 



Nest, in a pine tree, well up from the ground, built of stri))s of l)ark, 

 rootlets and grass, and lined with plant down, hair and feathers. 



Eggs, usually four, white, tinged with pink and spotted with reddish-biown 

 an<l lilac toward the larger end. 



The Pine-creeping Warbler is remarkable neither for the gaiety 

 of dress nor the activity of movement which distinguish most of 

 the others of its class. It is a large, quiet Warbler, yellowish-green 

 above, and greenish-yellow below, and is most frequently observed 

 creeping on the trunks or branches of the pine trees, searching for 

 insects among the crevices of the bark. It does not seem to be 

 generally distributed, for Dr. Wheaton speaks of it as being i-ai-e in 

 Ohio, and ]Mr. Saunders has not met with it near London, while at 

 Hamilton it is ratlier a common species, and raises its young near the 

 city every season. 



