MAGNOLIA WARBLER. 
657. Dendroica magnolia. 5 inches. 
Male, with black ear patch, back, and necklace: fe- 
male, with the black replaced with grayish; both sexes 
have a yellow rump and white spots midway of the 
tail feathers. 
One of the prettiest of the Warblers and one of the 
least timid. I have often had one or more of these 
birds follow me the whole length of a piece of woods 
apparently out of curiosity, coming down to the near- 
est twigs within arms’ reach of me. Birch woods are 
their favorites during migrations, although a few of 
them will be found almost anywhere. 
Song.—A short, rapidly uttered warble. 
Nest.—Usually in coniferous trees, far out on the 
longer branches, where they are often difficult to get 
at; of rootlets lined with fine black rootlets and hair; 
four or five white eggs with small spots of ehestnut 
around the large end (.60 x .48). 
Range.—Fastern N. A., breeding from Massachusetts 
and Michigan northward: winters south of the U. §S. 
