THE MYRTLE WARBLER. = 
The male Yellow is very domestic in his tastes, insomuch that, quite 
unlike other Warblers, he will often venture to sing from the very bush in 
which his mate is sitting. Unless well accustomed to the presence of humans, 
the female will not sit patiently under the threat of close approach. She 
slips off quickly and her vigorous complaints serve to summon her husband, 
when both flit about close to the intruder, and scold roundly in fierce, accusing 
notes, which yet have a baby lisp about them. 
No. 74. 
MYRTLE WARBLER. 
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i. O. U. No. 655. Dendroica coronata (Linn.). 
Synonym.—YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. 
Description.—Adult male in spring: Above slaty blue with black streaks, 
smaller on sides of crown and nape, broader on back; below white, with black on 
upper breast, sides of middle breast, and sides in endless variety of patterns; a 
large patch on each side of breast, a partially concealed patch in center of crown, 
and rump, bright yellow (lemon or canary) ; superciliary line white; a deep black 
patch on side of head; wings fuscous; tail darker; middle and greater coverts 
narrowly tipped with white, forming two rather conspicuous bars; three outer 
pairs of tail-feathers with white blotches on inner webs, decreasing centrally ; bill 
black; feet dark. Female in spring, and both sexes m fall: Duller; the blue of 
upperparts overlaid with brownish; a brownish wash on sides of breast and 
flanks; black of breast obscure,—restricted to centers of feathers; yellow of 
breast-spots pale or wanting. Jimmature: Brownish above; whitish below with 
a few obscure dusky streaks. Length 5.25-5.75 (133.3-146.1) ; av. of five males: 
wing 2.98 (75.7) ; tail 2.22 (56.4) ; bill .38 (9.7); tarsus .78 (20). 
Recognition Marks.—Larger ; wiite throat as distinguished from D. audu- 
boni, which it otherwise closely resembles. 
Nesting.—Not known to breed in Washington. Nest as in next species. 
Eggs indistinguishable. 
General Range.—‘‘Eastern North America chiefly, straggling more or less 
commonly to the Pacific; breeds from the northern United States northward, and 
winters from southern New England and the Ohio Valley southward to the West 
Indies, and through Mexico to Panama” (A. O. U.’95). “An abundant summer 
resident on Vancouver Island and mainland (B. C.), chiefly west of Cascades” 
(Kermode). 
Range in Washington.—Spring and fall migrant, probably of regular 
occurrence east and west of the Cascades. 
Migrations.—S pring: Tacoma, Apr. 27, 1906, 1907; Seattle, May 3, 1908; 
Chelan, May 22, 1905; Yakima, Apr. 30, 1891. 
Authorities.—Baird, Rep. Pac. R. R. Sury. IX. pt. IL, 1858, 272, 273. C&S. 
Rina D2. kik. B. B: 
Specimens.—U. of W. Prov. C. 
