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506. PINE WARBLER. 



Size of last, yellow-green above, prreen- 

 yellow below to lower breast, then white to 

 end of tail coverts; two wino^-bands and tail 

 spots, white: faint dark streakings on breast, 

 fig. 354. Female, .srray above, dull white 

 beneath. Breeds in eastern IT. S. from 

 northern Fla., north to New Brunswick; 

 winters from N. C. (occasionally as far north 

 as Mass.) to Fla. South in Sept. and Oct., 

 north in April. Frequents pitch pine w^oods, 

 less common everywhere. Sonsr, a musical 

 trill of about six notes, sometimes followed 

 by a short warble, sometimes the warble is 

 given alone; sings often in Sept. Song 

 something like that of Chipping Sparrow^, 

 but notes of trill are single, more musical, 

 and have more volume. Double brooded, 

 nesting in May and June. 



507. FLORIDA PINE WARBLER. 

 Larger than last, and decidedh^ golden 

 yellow above and below, w^hich is more ex- 



