YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. 



663. Dendroica dominica. 5^4 inches. 



Throat, breast and line from eye to bill yellow. 



This species has habits very similar to those of the 

 Black and White Creeper, being often seen creeping 

 around the trunks or over the branches of trees with 

 almost as much facility as the Nuthatches. They are 

 southern birds and are only rarely or accidentally found 

 in the northern half of the U. S., and they are one of the 

 few members of the family that winter in the southern 

 parts of our country. 



Song. Loud and * similar to that of the Indigo Bunt- 

 ing, but shorter. 



Nest. Usually high up in pines and often concealed 

 in tufts of moss; made of fine twigs and strips of bark, 

 held together with cobwebs and Spanish moss; eggs 

 greenish white, spotted with various shades of brown. 



Range. Southeastern U. S., breeding north to Vir- 

 ginia; winters in the West Indies. 663a. Sycamore 

 Warbler (albilora) is like the Yellow-throated, but is 

 white before the eye; found in the Mississippi Valley 

 north to Illinois and Iowa; winters in Mexico. 

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