Descriptive List 297 



Remarks. — In any plumage this bird may be distinguished from the preceding bj' its uniformly 

 yellow underparts. (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) 



Range. — North America, east of the AUeghanies, breeding from New Brunswick and Nova 

 Scotia northward, and wintering in the Gulf and South Atlantic States. 



Range in North Carolina. — A transient thi'oughout the State; wintering, at least sparingly, in 

 the east. 



PiQ. 240. Yellow P.\lm W.vsblee. 



The Yellow Palm Warbler, one of the ver\' few species which regularly and per- 

 sistently wags the tail, is sometimes a fairly common migrant at Raleigh, the 

 periods at which it is usually most common l)eing about the end of March and the 

 middle or end of April. These migrating l)irds are usually seen in woods, while 

 the winter birds, which are only of casual occurrence, frequent gardens and open 

 scrubby country. At Weaverville it has been recorded from April 14 to May 13 

 in spring, and from September 14 to November 28 in the fall. On the coast Pear- 

 son has found it in Hyde County in April. Apparently none of these birds pass the 

 winter months in the mountains. 



301. Dendroica discolor {VieiU.). Prairie Warbler. 



Description. — Upperparts bright olive-green; back spotted with chestnut-rufous; wing-bars 

 yellowish; outer tail-feathers with large wliite i^atches at their ti])s, the outer vane of the outer 

 feather white at the base; a yellow line over tlie eye; lores and a crescent below the eye black; 

 underparts bright yellow; sides heavily streaked with black. Ad. female. — Similar, but witli 

 less, or sometimes no chestnut-rufous on the back. Im. female. — Upperparts uniformly ashy 

 olive-green; no apparent wing-ljars; outer tail-feathers with white on theti- inner webs at the 

 tips; ear-coverts ashy; underparts yellow; sides indistinctly streaked with blackish. L., 1.75; 

 W., 2.20; T., 1.95; B. from N., .28. 



Remarks. — The chestnut-rufous patch in the back at once identifies the adults; but the j'oung 

 females are puzzling birds, to be known chiefly by then- small size, absence of wing-bars and 

 streaks on the sides. (Chaps., Birds of E. N. A.) 



Range. — Eastern United States, breeding from Massachusetts southward; winters in tlie West 

 Indies and the southern half of Florida. 



Range in North Carolina. — Summer visitor throughout the State, east of mountains. 



This warliler is a common summer resident throughout the eastern and central 

 portions of the State, but has not been found in the higher mountains. It has been 

 recorded from Taylorsville in Alexander Comitj^ (Bruner, 1909) ; Old Fort in 

 ^McDowell County (Brewster, 188.5); and Edgemont, Caldwell County (Feild and 

 Bruner, 1911). It arrives in the State about the middle of April or a little earlier, 

 and has been recorded as late as September 20. 



While here it freciuents old fields and open woods, particularly where the large 

 trees have been cut away and there exists an abundance of bushes and saplings. 



