Birds of Indiana. 1049 



at Chicago August 24, 1896, September 4, 1895; at Cincinnati, 0., 

 August 30, 1897; Brookville, Ind., September 3, 1893; Warren County, 

 September 11, 1897. Last noted in Chicago, October 3, 1895 and 

 1896; Lake County, Ind., October 3, 1875, September 28, 1879; 

 Lafayette, October 2, 1895; Sedan, October 9, 1894; Brookville, Octo- 

 ber 5, 1887. Sometimes in fall they are very common, just as they 

 are in spring. Prof. King examined six of these birds, and all had 

 eaten insects; one, two ants; five, beetles, and one, two caterpillars 

 (Oeol. of Wis., I., p. 503). 



267. (655). Dendroica coronata (Linn.). 



Myrtle "Warbler. 

 Synonyms, YELLOAV-RU>rr M'akbler, Yellow-croavned Warbler. 



Head of Myrtle Warbler. Natural size. 



Adult Male. — Above, bluish-ash, streaked with black; under parts, 

 white; the fore part of breast and the sides, black, the feathers mostly 

 edged narrowly with white; crown, rump and sides of breast, yellow; 

 cheeks and lores, black; the eyelids and a superciliary stripe, two bands 

 on the wings, and spots on the outer three tail feathers, white. Fe- 

 males. — Of duller plumage and browner above. Autumnal and winter 

 birds are very much duller and more obscurely colored, the upper parts 

 of an umber cast, with the streaks almost obsolete; the black of the 

 breast wanting, or but just indicated, and the yellow patch on crown 

 almost concealed by the brown tips to the feathers; and those on side 

 of breast quite dull (0. of 111., Vol. I., p. 140). 



Length, 5.00-6.00; wing, 2.75-2.85; tail, 2.20-2.30. 



Eange. — Eastern North America, from Panama and Greater An- 

 tilles to Arctic Coast, Greenland. Breeds from northern New Eng- 

 land, Ontario and Minnesota, north. Winters from southern New 

 England and Indiana, south. Resident in Jamaica. 



Nest, of grass, fibres, vegetable down and feathers, compactly woven; 

 in forest and coniferous scrub, on bush or tree. 5 to 10 feet from 



