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YELLOW RED-POLLED W.\K1!LEK. 



Young, are even paler than the autumnal adults, and show very little trace 

 of the chestnut crown, while the chestnut streakings beneath are re])laccd by 

 dusky. 



XilSTLIXGS. Golden-browni above : reddish-white beneath, tinp^ed on the 

 breast and sides with yellowish, streaked all over with dusky. ^Vhite spots on 

 tail similar to those of adult, but not as large ( see fig ;)2 )" 



Dimensions. Length, 5.39 : stretch, 8.25 : wir.g, 2..C() : tail, 2.r.0 : bill, 

 .45 : tarsus, .75. 



Comparisons, Known from all other waiblcre, excepting the following 

 species, when in the adult stage, by the full chestnut crown, also see h:\bits. 

 The voung somewhat lesemble those of the Cape May, but can always be distin- 

 guished by the yellow und3r tail coverts and browner back : both llcd-poUs be- 

 ing brownar ab^ve than any other of our warblers. 



Fig. 32. 



]!, fust ; A, second tail IVatluTs : C, IIe:vl of NesUiug Yellow netl-iwlleil Warbler. 



Xets AM) Eggs. Xests usually placed on the ground, and composed of 

 weeds, grasses and moss rather carelessly arranged, lined with fine roots and pine 

 L^ives. Eggs, four, oval, cr^amv-white, with blotches of brown around the lar- 

 ger end. Dimensions, .(58 by .65. 



Gexer.vl IL\i5i'rs. During the first warm spell which 

 we liave after the beginning of April in Massachusetts, when 

 the sun shines warai on southern exposures, we may expect 

 the Yellow Red-polls. They are fond of sheltered situations 

 near woodlands, or along fence rows or stone walls, where 

 they may be seen feeding on the ground or near it. They 

 are rather social in disposition, occurring in scattering flocks. 



