Family Mniotiltida Myrtle Warbler 77 



30. MYRTLE WARBLER 



YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER 



( Dendroica cor on at a . ) 



Male: upper parts in general slate-color streaked with black; 

 wings and tail dusky, wing with two white bars, tail with 

 white blotches ; rump and crown yellow ; throat and belly 

 white ; breast white, heavily marked with black, and with a 

 yellow patch on each side. Beak long, slender, black ; feet 

 black. Bird about two-thirds the size of a sparrow. Sexes 

 similar, save that in the female the slate-color is sometimes 

 quite brownish. 



THIS charming bird may be found in little com- 

 panies of five to ten among shrubbery and orchards, 

 and on the edges of woods and swamps. It is a 

 migrant, and tarries with us from late April to late 

 May, coming again in the latter part of September 

 for a stay of about a month. At these times it is, 

 perhaps, the most abundant of all the warblers. In 

 the spring they are found mostly in the trees ; in 

 the autumn they are more upon the ground. Ac- 

 cording to Minot "they may generally be distin- 

 guished at a distance by their habit of being much 

 in the air, and of taking long flights (as compared 

 with those of other warblers) at quite a distance 

 above the ground." 



Breeding takes place in the higher parts of Mas- 

 sachusetts, in the White Mountain region, and far- 

 ther north ; the nest is usually placed in a bush. 



