THE YELLOW WARBLER. 179 
plumage knows no admixture, save for the tasty but inconspicuous chestnut 
stripes on the breast of the adult male. These stripes are lacking in males 
of the second year, whence Audubon was once led to elaborate a supposed 
new species, which he called the “Children’s Warbler.” The name is not 
ill-fitting, even tho we know that it applies only to the Warbler’s children. 
The Yellow Warbler is peculiarly a bird of sunshine, and is to be found 
chiefly in open situations. 
It swarms thru the orch- 
ards and gardens,  fre- 
quents the wayside thick- 
ets, and in town takes 
possession of the shrub- 
bery in lawn or park. It 
is abundant in swampy 
places, and is invariably 
present in season along 
the banks of streams 
which are lined with wil- 
lows, alders, and wild rose 
bushes. 
The song is sunny, too, 
and while not elaborate, 
makes substantial contri- 
bution to the good cheer 
of spring. Heard in the 
boskage it sounds absurdly 
as if some wag were shak- 
ing an attic salt-cellar on 
a great green salad. The 
notes are almost piercing, 
and sound better perhaps 
from across the river than 
they do in the same tree. open in Oregon. Puote by Finley and BohUnan: 
Individual variation in A CONTENTED BABY. 
song is considerable, but 
the high pitch and vigor of delivery are distinctive. Certain common types 
may be syllabized as follows: Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweetie; tsee, tsee, tsit- 
a-wee, tsee; wee-chee, chee, chee wee-1-u; tsu, tsu, ts, tsi, tseéew. From 
its arrival sometime during the last week in April, until near the close of 
its second nesting, late in July, the bird may be found singing thruout the 
sunlit hours. 
The date of this bird’s annual advent in Washington is far less nearly 
