PINE WARBLER. 371 



The Black-throated Grreen Warbler is a regular visitor in spring 

 and fall. It appears a few days earlier in spring than some others of 

 its class, and soon announces its arrival by the frequent utterance of 

 its characteristic notes, which are readily recognized when heard in 

 the woods, but are ditHcult to translate into our language. When 

 the Warblers are on their migratory journey, they use trees of all 

 kinds as resting places, l)ut ^hile seeking food this species evidently 

 prefers the pines, and is most frequently seen among the higher 

 branches. In the fall the}' are as active as ever in their movements, 

 but are mostly silent, except in the utterance of a simple chirp to 

 advise each other of their whereabouts. 



DENDROICA VIGORSII (Aid.). 

 279. Pine Warbler, (071) 



Uiufnriii yellowish-olive above, yellow below, paler or white on belh' and 

 unilei- tail coverts, shaded and sometimes obsoletely streaked with darker on 

 the si<les ; superciliary line, yellow ; wing bars, white ; tail Ijlotches ccmfined to 



t\\ uter paiis of feathers, large, oltlique. Fema/e and young: — Similar, 



duller : sometimes merely olive-gray above and soi'did-whitish below. The 

 vai-iations in precise shade are interminable, but the species may always be 

 known bv the lack of any special sharp markings whatever, except the super- 

 ciliarv line, and by the combination of white wing bars with large oblique tail 

 spots confined to the two outer pairs of feathers. Length, .1^ to nearly (5 inches. 



Hab. — Eastei'n United States to the Plains, nortli to Ontario and New 

 Brunswick, wintering in the South Atlantic and (irulf States, and the Bahamas. 



Nest, in a pine tree, well up fi'om the ground, built of strips of bark, 

 rootlets anil grass, and lined with plant down, hair and feathers. 



Eggs, usually four, white, tinged with pink and spotted with reddish-brown 

 and lilac toward tiie larger end. 



The Pine-creeping Warbler is remarkable neither for the gaiety 

 of dress nor the activity of movement which distinguish most of 

 the others of its class. It is a large, quiet AVarbler, yellowish-green 

 above, and greenish-yellow below, and is most frequently observed 

 creeping on the trunks or branches of the pine trees, searching for 

 insects among the crevices of the bark. It does not seem to be 

 generallv distributed, for Dr. W^heaton speaks of it as being rare in 

 Ohio, and Mr. Saunders has not met with it near London, while at 

 Hamilton it is rather a common species, and raises its young near the 

 city every season. 



