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YELLOW OR ORANGE CONSPICUOUS 537 
655. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, OR MYRTLE 
WARBLER. — Dendroica coronata. 
FamiLty : The Wood Warblers. 
Length: 5.65. 
Adult Male in Spring and Summer: A yellow patch on the crown, 
rump, and either side of the breast ; upper parts bluish gray, streaked 
with black; two white wing-bars; tail black, with gray edgings ; 
outer pair of tail-feathers with large spots of white ; throat white ; 
breast and upper belly heavily marked with black; lower belly 
white. 
Adult Female in Spring and Summer: Similar, but smaller, and colors 
duller ; upper parts browner ; breast simply streaked with black. 
Adult Male in Fall and Winter: Upper parts grayish brown, streaked 
with black on back and scapulars ; yellow crown patch concealed by 
brown tips of feathers ; throat and chest buffy brown ; chest streaked 
with black ; yellow patches obscured ; black patches with white edges 
to feathers. 
Adult Female in Fall and Winter : Similar to winter male, but smaller ; 
upper parts browner, yellow crown patch restricted or obsolete ; under 
parts pale buff-brown in front and on sides; centre of breast and 
belly yellowish white ; yellow breast patches indistinct. 
Young: Similar to adults, but no yellow anywhere except sometimes on 
rump ; whole plumage thickly streaked above and below. 
Geographical Distribution: North America, chiefly east and north of 
tocky Mountains ; rare west, except along the Pacific coast ; south 
in winter to Middle States, West Indies, and Panama, 
Breeding Range: British Columbia and Alaska. 
Breeding Season: June 15 to July 15. 
Nest : Of vegetable fibres; lined with mosses, feathers, and hair ; placed 
in coniferous trees, 5 to 10 feet from the ground. 
Eggs: 3 to 6; white, spotted chiefly around larger end with brown and 
lilac. Size 0.70 X 0.52. 
THE Yellow-rumped Warbler differs from the Audubon 
warbler in having a white throat. Both species are very 
like the Myrtle Warbler of the East, and Mr. Grinnell 
lists the Yellow-rumped in California as the “ Alaska 
Myrtle Warbler,” while Mrs. Bailey calls it ‘‘the Eastern 
