YELLOW WARBLER 



patch from bill through eye and ear coverts, 

 bordered below by a broad white stripe; throat 

 black; remaining under parts grayish, white 

 through the middle. No streaks. 



Female. Similar to male, the yellow crown 

 more greenish, the black markings replaced by 

 gray. 



Young. Similar to adults. 



A rare migrant frequenting damp low growths. 

 The yellow wing patch forms a distinguishing 

 character in both sexes. 



4. Dendroica aestiva aestiva (Gmelin) 

 Yellow Warbler 



Length no mm. (4.30 in.); tail 43 mm. 

 (1.70 in.). 



Male. Spring. Above yellowish olive green, 

 yellower on crown; tail dusky olive with .yellow 

 areas on inner webs; under parts including sides 

 of head and neck bright yellow, streaked with 

 chestnut on chest, sides and flanks. 



Male in fall, female and young. More olive 

 above; duller yellow below, with few chestnut 

 streaks or more often none at all. 



A bird of strikingly yellow coloration and so 

 numerous during the migrations that it can 

 hardly fail to attract notice. Common in open 

 woods and shrubbery in a great variety of 

 situations. 



375 



