Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea 

 YELLOW PALM WARBLER. 5 1-2 inches 



Male and Female alike. Above olive, brighter on rump ; yellow 



line over eye; crown chestnut; no wing bars; tail spots white. 



Below yellow, streaked with chestnut on the sides. 



More like a sparrow than a warbler in its habit of frequenting fields 



and open places, much on the ground, flirts its tail. Migrant in 



Massachusetts. Arrives about the middle of April. 



Song. A thin, light trill on one note. 



Nest. On the ground. 



Breeds. Sparingly in eastern Maine, but chiefly north of New 



England. 



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