124 LAND-BIRDS AND GAME-BIRDS 
such being the case. I am, moreover, inclined to think that 
they never sing very agreeably. 
(L) coronata. Yellow-rwmped Warbler. ‘‘ Yellow-rwmp.” 
“ Myrtle Bird.” ‘* Willow Warbler.” 
(A very common migrant through Massachusetts.) 
(a). About 53 inches long. ¢, in spring and summer, 
slaty ; black-streaked. Wings browner, and concealing the 
rump, when closed. Throat and belly, white. Crown, rump, 
and a patch on the side of the breast, bright yellow. Wing-bars, 
etc., white. @, in fall and winter, and @ generally browner, 
with less pure colors. Young, brown above, and white below, 
with a few slender side-streaks sometimes extending across the 
breast; rump yellow. Various intermediate stages of color- 
ation also exist. 
e (b). ‘The nest is usually placed in a bush, is constructed 
of various soft materials, and is lined with horse-hairs, down, 
or some other suitable material.” Mr. Maynard speaks of 
nests found in Northern Maine in early June, all of which 
‘“‘contained four fresh eggs,” as being built in low spruces 
about four feet from the ground, and constructed of hemlock 
twigs, lined with feathers. A nest which I found in Northern 
New Hampshire was somewhat different, but contained three 
eggs, which were white, marked with purplish and brown, and 
averaged °68 X°50 of an inch. Dr. Brewer describes others 
as measuring about :75 X ‘55 of an inch, and being white, or 
often bluish, ‘‘ blotched and spotted with reddish-brown, purple, 
and darker shades of brown.” 
(c). The “* Yellow-rumps” are among the most abundant of 
all the migrants who travel through Massachusetts, being 
always very common here at times between the twentieth of 
April and the last of May, and again in the latter part of Sep- 
tember and in October. They pass the summer principally in 
Labrador and Canada, and also to a certain extent in the 
White Mountain Region, and Northern Maine; but I know no 
well authenticated instance of their so doing in this State. I 
have, however, known them to pass the winter here, though 
