MAGNOLIA WARBLER. 



657. Dendroica magnolia. 5 inches. 



Male, with black ear patch, back, and necklace; fe- 

 male, with the black replaced with grayish ; both sexes 

 have a yellow rump and white spots midway of the 

 tail feathers. 



One of the prettiest of the Warblers and one of the 

 least timid. I have often had one or more of these 

 birds follow me the whole length of a piece of woods 

 apparently out of curiosity, coming down to the near- 

 est twigs within arms' reach of me. Birch woods are 

 their favorites during migrations, although a few of 

 them will be found almost anywhere. 



Song. A short, rapidly uttered warble. 



Nest. Usually in coniferous trees, far out on the 

 longer branches, where they are often difficult to get 

 at ; of rootlets lined with fine black rootlets and hair ; 

 four or five white eggs with small spots of chestnut 

 around the large end (.60 x .48). 



Range. Eastern N. A., breeding from Massachusetts 

 and Michigan northward; winters south of the U. S. 



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