PRAIRIE WARBLER. 
673. Dendroica discolor. 4%, inches. 
Above greenish with chestnut spots on the back; 
below yellow with black markings; female paler. 
These are very locally distributed birds and will often 
be found breeding abundantly in a small patch of brush- 
covered pasture, while many others apparently just as 
well suited for their purposes will be shunned by them. 
They are very active, flitting rapidly from one bush to 
another, the male occasionally mounting to a bush top 
to hurriedly deliver his song, then diving out of sight 
below the foliage. 
Song.—An energetic, rather harsh ““Zee-Zee-zee-ee” on 
an ascending scale. 
Nest.—A neat cup of grasses and vegetable fibres, 
lined with black rootlets or horsehair; located in low 
shrubs or bushes from one to two feet above ground; 
eggs whitish with blackish-brown specks about the large 
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Range.—Eastern U. S., breeding from the Gulf to 
Massachusetts and southern Michigan; winters in the 
West Indies. 
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