364 WOOD WARBLERS. 



"Washington, rare T. V., Apl. 29 to May 18 ; Sept. Sing Sing, rare T. V,, 

 Apl. 29; Sept. 30 to Oct. 12. Cambridge, uncommon T. V., in fall, Sept. 25 

 to Oct. 10. 



This interior race of the Yellow Palm Warbler is occasionally met 

 with in the North Atlantic States, while in Florida it is much more 

 common than the eastern form. Sometimes the two birds may be seen 

 in the same flock, when the brighter colors of liypochrysea are at once 

 apparent. 



672a. D. p. hypochrysea Kldgw. Yellow Palm Warbler; 



Yellow Ked-poll. Ad. — Crown chestnut ; back brownish olive-green ; 

 rump olive-green; no white wing- bars; secondaries sometimes tinged with 

 chestnut; tail edged with olive-green, the outer feathers with white spots on 

 their inner vanes near the tips ; line over the eye and eye-ring yellow ; under 

 parts entirely bright yellow ; sides of the throat, the breast, and sides streaked 

 with chestnut-rufous. Ad. in winter and Im. — Crown-cap partly concealed 

 by the brownish tips to the feathers and sometimes wanting ; line over the 

 eye and eye-ring yellowish ; entire under parts uniform yellow, washed with 

 ashy ; the sides of the throat, the breast, and sides streaked with chestnut- 

 rufous or dusky. L., 5-43 ; W., 2-61 ; T., 2-10 ; B. from I^., -31. 



Remarks. — In any plumage this bird may be distinguished from the pre- 

 ceding species by its uniform yellow under parts. 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds from Nova Scotia northward east 

 of Hudson Bay ; migrates southward through the Atlantic States, and winters 

 in the Gulf States. 



Washington, common T. V., Mch. 28 to Apl. 29 ; Oct. Sing Sing, tolerably 

 common T. V., Apl. 11 to May 5; Sept. 20 to Nov. 8. Cambridge, abundant 

 T. v., Apl. 15 to May 5 ; Oct. 1 to 15. 



Nest., of rather coarse grasses lined with finer grasses, on or near the 

 ground. Eggs., four to five, white or buffy white, with some distinct and ob- 

 scure cinnamon- or olive-brown markings, chiefly at the larger end, "frS x '51. 



The Red-poll is a renegade Dendroica. He has no liking for the 

 wood, and even trees in the open do not seem to attract him. His 

 tastes bring him to fields and roadsides, where he lives on or near the 

 ground, but is ever active and much on the move. During the winter 

 in the south he is a common bird in the streets and gardens of towns, 

 and like a Chippy hops familiarly about piazzas. 



He has the same nervous peculiarity which, irrespective of family, 

 seems to affect some birds, and, as though life were a matter of beat- 

 ing time, never ceases to wag his tail. His fine chip is recognizable 

 after one has become familiar with it, while his song is described as a 

 simple trill. 



673. Dendroica discolor ( Vieill.). Prairie Warbler. (Fig. 103.) 

 Ad. (J .— Upper parts bright olive-green; hack spotted with chestnut-rufous ; 

 wing-bai-s yellowish ; outer tail-feathers with large white patches at their tips, 



