Warblers SONG-BIRDS. 



Breeds : From northern New England and New York northward. 



Nest: Close to the ground in bushes. 



Eggs : Typical Warbler's eggs. 



Bange : Eastern North America to the Plains. West Indies in winter. 



Again we find the term blue used in reference to a War- 

 bler which is of an inconspicuous, dull slate colour. This 

 Warbler is likely to be one of the most difficult of its tril^e 

 to identify, as its plumage, being wholly devoid of yellow, 

 is not easily seen among the trees. 



All authorities agree that its favourite nesting-haunts are 

 near swampy ground and in laurel thickets, especially in 

 those parts of Connecticut where it breeds. Mr. Averill 

 notes the bird as a " tolerably common migrant," but I can 

 find no breeding-record for it in this vicinity. Still, I think 

 that they sometimes breed here, for I saw a pair on May oO, 

 in the laurel glen near Aspetuck, who were evidently col- 

 lecting building-materials ; for the male bird had the dry 

 tendrils of a small vine in his beak. 



Myrtle Warbler: Dendroica coronata. 



Yellow-rumped Warbler. 



Plate II. Fig. 8. 



Length: 5.50 inches. 



3Iale : Slate colour, striped and streaked with black. Crouin, sides of 

 breast, and rump yellow. Below whitish ; upper breast black. 

 Two white cross-bars on wings ; tail with white spots. In win- 

 ter, brownish olive ; yellow of rump constant, but lacking on 

 crown and breast. Bill and feet black. 



Female : Resembling the lointer male. 



Song : A few notes only — " Twhip-tweeter-tweeter. " 



Season : Most plentiful Warbler in the migrations, and also a winter 

 resident. 



Breeds : From the northern United States northward. 



Nest : In low shrubs, particularly evergreens. 



Eggs : 4-6, the usual Warbler variety. 



Bange : Eastern North America chiefly, straggling, more or less com- 

 monly, westward to the Pacific ; winters from the Middle States 

 and the Ohio Valley, southward to the West Indies and Central 

 America. 



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