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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 85, 



Genus: Compsothlypis. 



PARULA WARBLER. 



Species: C. americana. 



Distribution: 



A local summer resident of New Ena;land, being ^' coexten- 

 sive witli that of the Us7iea " moss," in or of which, it invari- 

 ably builds its nest." 



Date of Arrival: 

 First of Maj. 



Date of Departure: 



Last of September. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts slaty blue, back patch yellow • under parts yellow 

 with brownish spot. Female paler. Bill and feet pale. 

 Length about 4.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A pretty warbling song and a number of ^' chips" and 

 "tsips." 



Haunts: 



A bird of the woods and coniferous forests. 



