356 WOOD WARBLERS. 



their favorite food. So fond are they of these berries that their move- 

 ments are largely governed by the success or failure of the bayberry 

 crop. Near my home at Englewood, N. J., Myrtle Warblers are always 

 common during the winter if there is an abundance of bayberries and 

 always absent when the berries are wanting. 



No Warbler is more easily identified than this bird with its four 

 distinct patches of yellow. The yellow rump is conspicuous in life, 

 and, in connection with the bird's characteristic tchip, forms an excel- 

 lent field-mark. 



AUDUBON'S WABBLER (656. Dendroica auduboni}, a species of the Western 

 States, has been once recorded from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. 



657. Dendroica/ maculosa (G me I.}. MAGNOLIA WARBLER ; BLACK 

 AND YELLOW WARBLER. (Fig. 99.) Ad. $ . Crown bluish gray, cheeks and 

 forehead black, a white line behind the eye ; back black, bordered with olive- 

 green, a large white patch on the wing-coverts ; rump yellow, tail black, in- 

 ner vanes of all but the central feathers with white patches on their middle, 

 the end third of the feather being entirely black ; throat yellow, breast and 

 sides heavily streaked with black. Ad. 9 . Similar, but with the colors 

 duller and less sharply defined ; back greener. Im. Top and sides of the 

 head ashy ; back olive-green, with nearly concealed black spots ; two narrow 

 wing-bars; rump yellow; tail as in the adults; under parts yellow; whiter 

 on the belly ; sides with a few black streaks. L., 5-12 ; W., 2-30 ; T., 2-00 ; B. 

 from N., -30. 



Remarks. In any plumage this bird may be known by the white patches 

 on the tail being near the middle instead of at the tip of the feathers. 



Range. Eastern North America; breeds from northern Michigan and 

 northern New England to Hudson Bay and southward along the crests of the 

 Alleghanies to Pennsylvania ; winters in Central America. 



Washington, common T. V.. Apl. 28 to May 30 ; Aug. 15 to Oct. 10. Sing 

 Sing, common T. V., May 9 to 28; Aug. 13 to Oct. 11. Cambridge, common 

 T. V., May 12 to 25 ; Sept. 20 to Oct. 5. 



Nest, of tine twigs, leaf stems, etc., lined with hairlike rootlets, in conif- 

 erous trees, usually three to six feet up. Eggs, three to five, white, marked 

 with cinnamon- and olive-brown, chiefiy in a wreath about the larger end, 

 66 x -48. 



Adult Magnolia Warblers are so distinctly marked that ordinarily 

 they may be identified at sight. Immature birds are less strikingly 

 colored, but in any plumage the species may be known by having the 

 white tail-spots nearer the middle than the ends of the feathers. Seen 

 from below, the birds thus appear to have a white tail broadly banded 

 with black. 



The Magnolia's summer home is among the spruces and hemlocks. 

 Its song, which is of somewhat the same character as that of the Yel- 

 low Warbler, is described by Mr. Langille as " a loud, clear whistle, 



