659. Dendroica pensylvanica 

 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, s inches 



Male. Above black and gray, streaked ; crown yellow ; black line 

 over eye ; white patch under eye ; wing bars and tail spots white. 

 Below white ; sides chestnut. Female. Similar, but colors duller. 

 A bird of the scrub and swampy open woodlands. Common in 

 Massachusetts. Arrives about May 5. 



Song. Five or six musical notes, suggesting the Yellow Warbler 



Nest. In low, dry scrub. 



Breeds. Throughout New England. 



87 



