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PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. 
637. Protonotaria citrea. 5% inches. 
Whole head and underparts intense yellow, almost 
orange on the head of the male; tail with white spots 
near the tip; female, duller. 
A common species in the interior, found in bushy 
swamps and the willows around the borders of pools 
and lakes; they are found in the latter localities with 
Tree Swallows and often Chickadees all nesting in 
holes in hollow stubs along the bank, they being one of 
the few members of this family to make use of such 
locations for their nests. 
Song.—A loud, ringing “tweet, tweet, tweet.” 
Nest.—In hollow stubs near or over water, the cay- 
ity of the stump being partially filled with moss, leaves 
and grasses hollowed on the top to receive the four to 
six creamy-white eggs which are heavily spotted over 
the entire surface with reddish brown (.72 x .55). 
Range.—Kastern U. 8., breeding from the Gulf north 
to Virginia, Illinois and Minnesota ; winters in Central 
America. 
