6722. Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea 
YELLOW PALM WARBLER. 5 1-2 inches 
Male and Female alike. Above olive, brighter on rump; yellow 
line over eye; crown chestnut; no wing bars; tail spots white. 
«Below yellow, streaked with chestnut on the sides. 
More like a sparrow than a warbler in its habit of frequenting fields 
and open places, much on the ground, flirts its tail. Migrant in 
Massachusetts. Arrives about the middle of April. 
Song. A thin, light trill on one note. 
Nest. On the ground. 
Breeds. Sparingly in eastern Maine, but chiefly north of New 
Enlgand. 
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