Warblers. 



Order, Passeres. 

 Family, Mniotiltidae. 



Family Characteristics: Smaller than English sparrow. So-called 

 wild canary is a type. Color yellow and olive as a rule. Restless and 

 active. 



They live mainly on small insects which they find on trees and 

 shrubs and on the seeds of noxious weeds. 



652. YELLOW WARBLER. Dendroica aestiva. Five inches long. 

 Light olive above. Light yellow beneath. Wings and tail darker and 

 edged with brown. 



655. MYRTLE WARBLER. Dendroica coronata. A little shorter 

 than the English sparrow. Blue back. White throat. More or less 

 black streaks on otherwise dull white breast. Distinguishing marks 

 are yellow patches on head, each side of breast and lower back. Wings 

 lightly barred with white. 



687. REDSTART. Setophaga ruticilla. The size of the yellow- 

 bird. Mostly black above. Breast white and orange. Tail orange 

 and black. Female lemon color where male is orange. 



681a. NORTHERN YELLOWTHROAT. GeotJiylpis trichas occiden- 

 talis. Five inches long. Olive green above. Yellow beneath, deepest 

 on throat. With a black mask. 



662. BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. Dendroica Black'biirniae. 

 Warbler size. Throat orange. Head orange and black, yellow and 

 white beneath. Points black with some white. 



654. BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. Dendroica caeru- 

 lescens. Warbler size. Throat black, white beneath. Slaty-blue above. 

 White spots on wings and tail. 



