Family Mniotiltidce Warbler 81 



The nest is said by Minot to be placed on the 

 ground, either in some open part of the woods, or 

 amongst the shrubbery of some southerly facing 

 bank ; and the eggs are laid about the first of June. 



The song has been represented by the syllables 

 wee-see-wee-see-wit-a-wit-a-wit. According to Wil- 

 son it is not easy at first to distinguish the sound 

 from that produced by an insect. He sings regu- 

 larly during the spring migration, but not in the 

 fall. 



34. BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER 



BLACK AND WHITE CREEPING WARBLER 



( Mn iotilta varia . ) 



Male: mottled black and white both above and below ; wing with 

 two white bars; tail with white blotches. Beak and feet 

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

 Female: similar, except that the under parts are almost entirely 

 white. 



THIS active little bird is abundant in woodland 

 regions, and at migration time is to be found also 

 in gardens and orchards. He is conspicuous both 

 from his lack of shyness, and from his habit of 

 scrambling about the trunks and larger branches 

 of trees, whence his name of creeping warbler. He 

 comes to us in early May and remains into Sep- 

 tember. 



