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is it greenish-yellow (which is the color 

 of the pine needles), but it is streaked 

 with brownish lines, which in life make 

 it even more closely resemble its en- 

 vironment. One realizes the above to 

 be true, when, after hearing the Pine 

 Warbler, one searches for the bird in 

 the tops of high pine trees, and is unable 

 to discern it among the foliage of the 

 pine, to which it is so closely allied 

 in color. 



Together with the Pine and Myrtle 

 Warblers, the Yellow Palm Warbler is 

 one of the earliest arrivals in spring, 

 usually coming about the middle of 

 April. It is greenish-yellow above, with 

 a chestnut cap, and below is yellow, 

 streaked with brown. The outer tail 

 feathers have white patches on their 

 inner vanes. It may be known at a 

 great distance by the continual motion 

 of the tail, which is almost incessantly 



