THE GOLDEN WARBLER. 209 
No. 85. 
GOLDEN WARBLER. 
A. O. U. No. 685 b. Wilsonia pusilla chryseola Ridgw. 
Synonym.—GoLDEN PiLkoLATED WARBLER (properly so-called, but the bird, 
because of its local abundance deserves the shorter name. Moreover, altho 
“golden” is the commonest color among the Warblers, the name has not been 
pre-empted ). 
Description.—‘Similar to WV’. p. pileolata, but slightly smaller and much 
more brightly colored; olive-green of upperparts much more yellowish, almost 
olive-yellow in extreme examples; yellow of forehead and superciliary region 
(especially the former) inclining more or less to orange; yellow of underparts 
purer, more intense” (Ridgway). Length of adult males (skins) 4.35 (110) ; 
wing 2.18 (55.4) tail 1.93 (49.1); bill .33 (8.3); tarsus .72 (18.2). 
Recognition Marks.—As in preceding; brighter. 
Nesting.—Nest: a shapely and thick-walled mass of dead leaves, grasses 
and vegetable fibers, lined with coiled grasses or hair, on the ground or con- 
cealed at moderate heights in weeds, bushes, evergreen saplings, etc. Eggs: 3-5, 
white or creamy white, speckled and spotted with reddish brown markings, well 
distributed or gathered about larger end. Av. size .59 x .48 (15 x 12.2). 
Season: May 15-30; one brood. 
General Range.—Pacific Coast district from southern California to southern 
British Columbia. 
Range in Washington.—Summer resident in western Washington ; common 
in well-watered forests at lower levels and in thickets from sea-level to higher 
mountain valleys. 
Migrations.—S pring: Arrives Puget Sound April 25-May 5. Fall; Blaine, 
Sept. 15. 
Authorities.—M/yiodioctes pusillus Bonap., Baird, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv. IX. 
Pimlleetolsnpa2os (part). cones Ray Bek). 
Specimens.—U. of W. E. 
THIS dainty little Warbler is one of the most characteristic and well 
distributed birds of western Washington. Its summer range embraces all 
shady and moist woods having varied undergrowth; and it is at home alike on 
the sides of the western Cascades, in the swampy bottoms tributary to Puget 
Sound, or under the dense spruce forests of the Pacific slope. It is certainly one 
of the most abundant birds in the last-named section, and its golden flittings 
not only dominate the fern levels but extend upward into the mossy arms of 
the evergreens. A brilliant dress does not appear to endanger the life of this 
little despot, for he is quite too insignificant for notice among the Knights of 
Claw and Jaw, and so he flashes in and out, scolds, sings, and meditates, by 
turns, without molestation. 
