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ably) and Connecticut (rarely) northward to Labrador, and ruth along the 

 erwl ot .ma* to Georgia; winter* in tlu> tropic*. 



Waahingt. . A |>1. 25 to May *5; Aug. 27 to <>cL 18. 



MI;. c..mm..n T. V., Apl. ;:> t" May a; Aug. 2 to Oct. !. Cum bridge, 

 ruth. to 85; Sept. 20 to Oct. 1". 



;!' burk, flno graMeft, and pine needle*, lined with hairlike 

 black rootlet*, in tin- hravicr undergrowth <>f dense wood*, usually within 

 two feet of the ground. /.':/:/, three to flve, grayiith white, with .li.-tiii.-t un-l 

 obscure olive -brown markings chicily about the larger ends, -88 x -50. 



Tin- male liliu-k-thnuitnl Blue Warbler can be identified at sight, 

 hut his obM-un-ly enli.red mate has been the cause of many a field 

 student's nci-kachc. When flitting about with other Warblers it is 

 didiculi t"> observe any positive character by which to distinguish her; 

 but the white -p"t at the base of the primaries is an unmistakable 

 mark, if one can sec it clearly. 



When nesting, tlie binl> seem to require woods with rather heavy 

 utider^r.-wtli. Their call-note is a sharp, recognizable chip. The 

 song of the male is generally written ; irre-zwet-zwe, but both call- 

 - and song are subject to variation. 



656. Dendroica coronata /</..). MYKTI.E WAKHI.KK; YEI.LOW- 



HI MI-KU WAKIILKK. ( Kiu'. 'J*.> .!/. &.\ yellow j.iitch on tlu- cnnrn, rump, 

 : ,-r i>l< </ tin fir, nit ; UJIJKT jiurLs bluish jrniy, utri-ukttl with black; 

 two white win^r- burs; outer tail tVutht-rs with white apota on tlieir inner 

 vaunt near the tij>; throat white; lirnt^t uixl upjier b)ly lieuvily marked 

 with blaek ; lower belly white. A-l. 9 . Similar, hut with Iww black below; 

 breant iiimply otreaked with bluek ; upper parte browner. ////. and ad*, in 

 ir inter. Yellow crown put-h more or lean concealed by brown'mh tijw to the 

 feathers; rump bright yellow; yellow on the n'ules of the breu-sl much re- 

 iij'IH-r part* gray wh brown, 8trrakel with black; wintr-ban grayiah ; 

 tail with white patches; under parts soiled white, streaked with black. I... 



. .".T. ; B. from N., -29. 



irk*. The yellow patches on tlie crown, rump, and sides of the breast 

 are characteristic of this *|>ecie8. 



Kany*. Eantern North America; breed* from northern Minnesota and 

 northern New England northward ; winters from the Middle States south- 

 ward. 



Washington, abundant W. V.. Sept. _"- to May _'". Sin/ Sinir. common 

 T. V., Apl. 13 to May 88; Aug. 16 to Nov. ll ; a few winter. Cambridge, 

 abundant T. V .. \ 20 to Nov. 8; a few winter. 



A'ett, of vegetable fibers lined with grasses, in coniferous tree* flve to ten 

 feet up. /.':/;/*. four or flve, white or grayish white, distinctly and obncurely 

 potted and speckled -T blotched with olive-brown or rufous-brown, 110 x -58. 



These stmng, hardy Warblers leave their cousins of the woods 



ami in ]....-. . .in|.anis forage in old fields and scrubby growths 

 among the bayberry ur myrtle (Myrica cerifera) bushes, which bear 



