178 PFIE YELLOW WARBLERiT 



No. 73. 



YKLLOW WARBLLR. 



A. ( ). r. .\<). (15J. Dendroica a;stiva (Gnicl.). 



Synonyms. — Si mmkk Yki.i.ow-iiiki). Sl.mmf.k Wakbi.kr. Wild Ca.sakv." 



Description. — Adult male: Forcliead and fore-crown bright yellow with 

 ail iirange tinge; hack bright olive-green; rump greenish yellow; wings ami tail 

 itlackisii with greenish yellow edgings, the wing (|uills etlged on Iwjth webs, the 

 tail-feathers — excejjt niiildle pair — almost entirely yellow f)n inner webs; sides 

 iif head anil entire underparts golden yellow, the breast and sides heavily streaked 

 with chestnut; bill black: feet pale. Adult fcimilc: Like mde but duller; olive- 

 green on back. lint brighter on forehead; |)aler yellow below, obscurely or not at 

 all streake<l with chestnut. Youmj males resemble the adult female. Youiuj 

 female still duller; dusky yellow below. Length 4.73-5.25 (120.6-133.3); wing 

 2.51 (63.8) ; tail i.r* (42.7) : bill .40 ( 10.2) ; tarsus .jj, ( 18.61 ). 



Recognition Marks. — Medium size ; golden yellow coloration ; chestnut 

 streaks on breast of male; after the Lutcscent the commonest of the resident 

 Warblers; chielly coiitined to the banks of streams and jionds. 



Nesting. — Xest: a compact cu]) of woven "hem])" and line grasses. linefl 

 heavilv with ])lant-down. grasses, and. occasionally, horse-hair, fastened to upright 

 branch in rose-thickets and the like. lifUjs: 4 or 5. white, bluish-, creamv-. or 

 gravish-white. speckled and marked witli largish spot'; of reddish brown, burnt 

 umiier. etc.. often wrcithed alxiut the larger end. Av. si/.e. .70 x .5(} ( 17.8 x 12.7). 

 Season: May 20-June 20; one lirootl. 



General Range. — North America at large, except southwestern part, giving 

 place to /'. (f. lubiiiinosa in extreme northwest. South in winter to Central 

 .\merica and northern South America. I'.reeds nearly thruout its North Ameri- 

 can range. 



Range in Washington. — Summer resident in deciduous timber, and -ibnib- 

 berv lining ^tnaiiK. tliniout the State from sea-level to 4,000 feet. 



Migrations. — Spriutj: Tacoma. .\pril 24-30: Yakima, .\pril 30. I'XX): 

 Clulaii. May 21. l8<)6. I'all: First week in September. 



Authorities. — Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv.. NIL. i)t. 11., 

 i8<K.. p. iSi. T. C&-S. I.'. Rh. H'. Ra. D^ Ss'. Ss^ Kk. J. P.. Iv. 



Specimens. — P>. P.N. E. P'. 



'\'\\V. Summer Warbler's gold is alwiit as cninnion as that of the dan- 

 delion, but its trim little form has not achieved any .such distinctness in the 

 public mind. Most people, if they take imtice at all of anything so tiny, 

 fliih the birds "Wild Canaries," and arc done. The name as applied to the 

 C.ul(lfinch may be barely tolerated, but in the case of the Warbler it is quite 

 ina|>propriate, since the bird has nothing in common with the Canary except 

 littleness ami vellowness. Its bill is longer and slimmer, for it feeds ex- 

 cKisivclv on insects instead of seeds: and its pure yellow and olive-green 



