68 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



common in Grant County, Oregon, and has been 

 seen, in larger or smaller numbers, here and 

 there, in both of these States. It is to be found 

 in company with the Red-winged and Bicolored 

 members of the family, where marshes give op- 

 portunity for nests among the reeds. The bird 

 nests in many places, from the Mississippi Valley 

 to the Pacific coast. In the former locality, its 

 summer residence is extremely variable. 

 Summer resident. 



AUDUBON'S WARBLER. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION : 



Upper parts : soft bluish-gray, with yellow spot 



on head and rump. 

 Under parts : yellow and white, streaked with 



black. 



Length, 5 to 6 inches. 



Found in evergreen trees, even in those near houses 

 in towns. 



When a person is out the last of March , near 

 a bunch of evergreens, or about willows border- 

 ing sloughs, he will hear a sweet, attractive 

 song, and may soon see, moving about with the 

 restlessness of its family, one of the most charm- 

 ins: little birds on our coast, and one that 



