SONG BIRDS OF ORCHARD AND WOODLAND. 



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soothing sounds of the pine Avoods. It has in it the same 

 dreamy drowsiness that characterizes the note of the Black- 

 throated Green Warbler, but is otherwise entirely ditferent 

 in tone and quality, being composed of a series of short, 

 soft, whistling notes, run together in a continuous trill. It 

 resembles, in a way, the song of the Chip- 

 ping Sparrow, except that it is softer and 

 more musical. Often the biid will 

 sit for ten or fifteen minutes 

 in one spot, and, 

 as the song seems 

 ventriloquial at 

 times, the singer is 

 then hard to find. 



This bird is one of 

 the earliest Warblers to 

 arrive in spring. It is 

 undoubtedly the partic- 

 ular guardian of the 

 pines, about which it 



remains until very late in the season, for it feeds mainly on 

 insects that infest pine trees. It has been seen in Wareham 

 in December and Januarj^ It is able to subsist to some 

 extent on the seeds of pines, and when there is a good crop 

 of pine seed it can remain longer than most other Warblers. 



Fig. 68. — I'iue Warliler, natural size. 



Myrtle Warbler. Myrtle Bird. Yellow-rumped Warbler. 



Dendroica coronata. 



Length. — About five and one-half inches. 



Adult Male. — Above, slaty; black-streaked; wings and tail brownish, marked 



with white ; chest clouded and streaked with black ; two wing bars, throat, 



tail spots, lower breast, and belly white ; ci'own, rump, and a patch on each 



side of breast bright yellow. 

 Female. — In spring, much like male, but duller; in fall, and male in fall, 



generally browner, with colors less i)ure and conspicuous. 

 Young. — Brownish above, white below; rump yellow. 

 Nest. — In bush or coniferous tree, usually luied with fine, soft materials. 

 Eggs. — White, marked with browns and purples. 

 Season. — April to November; winters in favorable localities. 



This beautiful bird probably does not breed in Massachu- 

 setts except in some higher parts of northern Worcester 



