SONG-BIRDS. Warblers 



yellowish white. AVings and tail brownish, white wing bars. 



Bill and feet dark. 

 Female: Chin yellowish, throat dusky, below pale whitish. In au- 

 tumn lolumage the male resembles the female. 

 Song : Cheerful interrogative, " Will you co-ome, will you co-ome, 



will you?" 

 Season : A summer resident, also abundant in the migrations. Comes 



in April, retires to woods to breed in May, emerges in September. 

 Breeds: From New England, New York, and the higher parts of 



Pennsylvania northward. 

 Nest : At the forking of high branches ; made of twigs, bark, grasses, 



and lined with hair, roots, down, etc. 

 JEggs : 4-5, white, sprinkled and veiled with brown-purple. 

 Bange : Eastern North America to the Plains, north to Hudson's Bay 



Territory ; in winter, south to Cuba and Panama. Accidental 



in Greenland and Europe. 



You will have but little trouble in recognizing this bril- 

 liant and talkative little Warbler, which comes to us both 

 as a summer resident and as a migrant. In late April I am 

 always sure to see its green and gold feathers among the 

 hemlocks on the east side of the garden, while it continually 

 utters its anxious and persuasive notes, to which I eagerly 

 respond. It repeats a little phrase that separates it from 

 the indistinct songs of so many of its tribe : " Will you 

 co-ome, will you co-ome, will you ? " it says, giving a par- 

 ticidarly emphatic pause on the last two syllables. 



It has never nested in the garden, and only comes to it 

 before the breeding and after the moulting season. 



Pine Warbler: Dendroica vlgorsU, 



Length : 5.50-6 inches. 



Hale : Above bright yellowish olive, clear yellow below, dark streaks 



on sides. Yellow eye line ; white bars on wings. White 



blotches on two outer tail feathers. 

 Female : Dull throughout, dirty white instead of yellow breast. 

 Song: A delicately trilled whistle. (Minot.) 

 Season : A locally common summer resident. May to October and 



November. Possibly a resident. Some remain in the Middle 



States all winter. 

 Breeds : All through its range, beginning in the Carolinas in March. 

 Nest and Eggs : No special marks of identification. 



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