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such being the case. I am, moreover, inclined to think that 

 they never sing very agreeably. 



(L) CORONATA. Yelloiv-rumped .Warbler. " Yellow-rump" 

 " Myrtle Bird." " Willow Warbler." 



(A very common migrant through Massachusetts.) 



(a). About 5^ inches long. $ , in spring and summer, 

 slaty ; black-streaked. Wings browner, and concealing the 

 rump, when closed. Throat and belly, white. Crown, rump, 

 and a patch on the side of the breast, bright yellow. Wing-bars, 

 etc., white. $ , in fall and winter, and 9 generally browner, 

 with less pure colors. Young, brown above, and white below, 

 with a few slender side-streaks sometimes extending across the 

 breast; rump yellow. Various intermediate stages of color- 

 ation also exist. 



(&). "The nest is usually placed in a bush, is constructed 

 of various soft materials, and is lined with horse-hairs, down, 

 or some other suitable material." Mr. Maynard speaks of 

 nests found in Northern Maine in early June, all of which 

 *' contained four fresh eggs," as being built in low spruces 

 about four feet from the ground, and constructed of hemlock 

 twigs, lined with feathers. A nest which I found in Northern 

 New Hampshire was somewhat different, but contained three 

 eggs, which were white, marked with purplish and brown, and 

 averaged '68 X *50 of an inch. Dr. Brewer describes others 

 as measuring about -75 X '55 of an inch, and being white, or 

 often bluish, " blotched and spotted with reddish-brown, purple, 

 and darker shades of brown." 



(c). The " Yellow-rumps" are among the most abundant of 

 all the migrants who travel through Massachusetts, being 

 always very common here at times between the twentieth of 

 April and the last of May, and again in the latter part of Sep- 

 tember and in October. They pass the summer principally in 

 Labrador and Canada, and also to a certain extent in the 

 White Mountain Region, and Northern Maine ; but I know no 

 well authenticated instance of their so doing in this State. I 

 have, however, known them to pass the winter here, though 



