THE MYRTLE WARBLER. 



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Recognition Marks. — Larger ; the yellow rump together with size and sea- 

 son of appearance is distinctive; white throat, as distinguished from D. auduboni. 



Nesting. — Does not breed in Ohio. Nest, of stalks, twigs, vegetable fibers, 

 and grasses, lined with fine grasses or feathers, and placed five or ten feet up on 

 horizontal branches of coniferous trees. Eggs, 4 or 5, dull or creamy white, 

 speckled and spotted or blotched, chiefly about larger end, with reddish- or olive- 

 browns. Av. size, .67 x .52 (17. x 13.2). 



General Range. — Eastern North America chiefly, straggling more or less 

 commonly to the Pacific; breeds from the northern United States northward, and 

 winters from southern New England and the Ohio Valley southward to the West 

 Indies, and through Mexico to Panama. 



Range in Ohio. — Common in spring and abundant during fall migrations. 

 Indies, and through Mexico to Panama. 



WHEN the vanguard of the Warbler host arrives in later April, the 

 bird-man knows it is time to overhaul the daily schedule, to decline with 

 thanks all evening engagements, and to hie him forth in the gray of the morn- 

 ing to welcome his winged friends. The wind is still asleep, the dew is full- 

 bodied and lusty, and sounds of traffic have not yet begun to burden the air. 

 It is at such a time the birds confess their inmost secrets of love and longing, 

 and sing purest praises to the great All-Father. As the signals of dawn are 

 hoisted the chorus swells and the rising sun is greeted with a burst of vocal 



