PRAIRIE WARBLER. 

 673. Dendroica discolor. 4^4 inches. 



Above greenish with chestnut spots on the back; 

 below yellow with black markings; female paler. 



These are very locally distributed birds and will 

 often be found breeding abundantly in a small patch 

 of brush-covered pasture, while many others apparent- 

 ly just as well suited for their purposes will be 

 shunned by them. They are very active, flitting rap- 

 idly from one bush to another, the male occasionally 

 mounting to a bush top to hurriedly deliver his song, 

 then diving out of sight below the foliage. 



Song. An energetic, rather harsh zee-zee-zee-ee on 

 an ascending scale. 



Nest. A neat cup of grasses and vegetable fibres, 

 lined with black rootlets or horsehair; located in low 

 shrubs or bushes from one to two feet above ground; 

 eggs whitish with blackish brown specks about the 

 large end (.65x.48). 



Range. Eastern U. S., breeding from the Gulf to 

 Massachusetts and southern Michigan; winters in the 

 West Indies. 



