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"It has been found feeding its young in the heavy timber of the 

 Wabash bottom lands near Mt. Carmel." (Ridgway, Orn. of 111., 

 1889, p. 153). Mr. E. W. Nelson considered it a common migrant in 

 northeastern Illinois and says: "The first of July, 1874, I found a 

 large number of these birds with young just old enough to follow 

 their parents in the 'Pinery' and presume they nest there regularly." 

 (Birds N. E. 111., 1876, p. 100.) 



According to Kumlien and Hollister it is : "A fairly common summer 

 resident in the pine regions. Migratory in the hardwood districts 

 of southern Wisconsin. Much more common along Lake Michigan 

 than in the interior. A rather early arrival in the spring, generally 

 preceding the majority of the warblers by several days. Although 

 we have never found the nest we have noted this bird at various 

 northern points in June and July. Dr. Hoy gives it as breeding in 

 the northern pine forests." (Birds of Wis., 1903, p. 115.) 



The nest is built in a high tree, usually in a pine or cedar. The 

 eggs are four or five, dull white or grayish white, spotted and speck- 

 led with brown and lilac-gray chiefly around the larger end, and 

 measure about .70 x .53 inches. 



324. Dendroica palmarum (Gmel.). 



Palm Warbler. Red-poll Warbler. 



Distr.: Chiefly interior of North America, breeding in the far 

 north (Hudson Bay and Mackenzie region) ; south in winter to east- 

 ern Mexico and the West Indies; casual in the Atlantic states during 

 migrations. 



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Palm Warbler. 



Adult male: Crown, chestnut; back, grayish olive brown; upper 

 tail coverts, yellowish olive; a yellow superciliary stripe; a dusky 

 spot in front of and behind the eye; auricular region, grayish brown; 

 throat and under tail coverts, clear pale yellow; belly, grayish, some- 

 times tinged with yellow; breast and sides of throat more or less 



