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Call: A thin squeaky note. 



Seasonal Abundance: September soth until 

 April. 



Remarks: A quiet bird, which would be very 

 hard to find were it not for its occasional note. 

 Consistently starts climbing at the foot of a tree 

 trunk, and having advanced to the top, flies 

 directly to the bottom of another nearby, and 

 thence continues another upward journey in 

 search of the larvae which comprise its food. 



7. MYRTLE WARBLER 



Haunts : Trees and bushes. 



Description: Male: gray above, streaked 

 with blackish ; white in tail and two white wing- 

 bars. Under parts white, the breast and flanks 

 with black streaks. Cheeks black, line over eye 

 white; rump, center of crown and sides bright 

 yellow. Female: similar, but with the black 

 replaced by grayish-brown. 



Field-marks: Yellow rump, sides and center 

 of crown. 



Size and Shape : Length 5.5 inches. 



Song: A nondescript but broken trill. Call: 

 a distinctively deep chirp; deeper than that of 

 the other warblers. 



Seasonal Abundance: Arrives early and de- 

 parts late. Locally rare or absent in winter. 

 Always most common at the height of migration. 



Remarks: Often seen on the ground. Our 

 most consistently common Warbler thruout 

 migration and always recognizable by its unique 

 call-note. 



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