BIRDS OF KANSAS. 551 



whitish; the yellow of tail restricted to inner half of inner webs. The latter 

 feature will serve to distinguish it from any North American species." 



Stretch of 

 Length. wing. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill. 



Male 5.20 8.00 2.55 2.00 .70 .42 



Female... 5.00 7.65 2.40 1.80 .70 .40 



Iris bluish black; bill dark blue, upper nearly black; legs, 

 feet and claws light yellowish brown. 



These widely distributed and attractive birds are the most 

 common and familiar of all the Warblers. They seldom fre- 

 quent the deep woods, preferring the groves, orchards, gardens, 

 parks and shade trees for their haunts, and they are as much at 

 home in the large cities as in the country. (Or were until the 

 introduction and spread of the aggressive English Sparrow.) 

 They are great favorites, not only on account of their song and 

 pretty ways, but because they are very beneficial in ridding the 

 trees, vines, etc, of the various forms of injurious insects, for 

 which they diligently hunt among the foliage. 



They sing sweetly, and late in the season a lively, cheerful, 

 whistling song. Their call note is a rather loud "Chip." 



Their nests are placed in small trees and bushes, giving prefer- 

 ence to orchards and shrubbery in gardens; a neatly-constructed 

 nest of fibrous strippings and cotton-like substances from plants, 

 and lined sparingly with fine grasses, hairs, and now and then a 

 feather. Eggs four or five, . 66x. 50; bluish white, with specks 

 and blotches of brown, umber and lilac, irregularly scattered 

 over the egg, thickest around larger end; in form, oval. 



Dendroica coronata (LINN.). 



MYRTLE WARBLER. 

 PLATE XXXII. 



Winter sojourner; not common; in migration abundant. Be- 

 gin to move northward the last of March, and by the middle of 

 April all but a few stragglers have left us; begin to return the 

 last of September, the bulk not arriving until the middle of 

 October. 



B. 194. R. 95. C. 119. G. 41, 280. U. 655. 



HABITAT. The whole of North America, but chiefly east of 

 the Rocky Mountains, breeding from the northern United States 



