MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT 383 



fond of scale insects and plant lice, and is something of a fly 

 catcher as well. 



It is a little over five inches in length. The adult male bird 

 can be easily recognized by the presence of bright yellow patches 

 on the rump, on top of the head, and on each side of the breast. 

 The general colors are grayish with darker stripes; throat, white; 

 more or less black on breast and lower parts. In the young and 

 in the adults, in late fall, the colors are duller, and the character- 

 istic yellow of the crown and rump is either very dim or absent 

 (Fig. 382). 



Fio. 382. Myrtle or yellow-rumped warbler. (After Fuertes.) 



It nests in evergreens a few feet above the ground. The eggs 

 are whitish gray, blotched with brown or blue. 



The Chestnut-sided Warbler (Plate 4, Fig. 17) is an attrac- 

 tive, insect-eating bird, typical of a large family of warblers. 

 Colors: Crown, yellow; sides of breast, chestnut in male; some 

 greenish yellow in the black of the upper parts; below, white. 

 The length is about five inches. It appears in the northern states 

 about the middle of May. 



Maryland Yellow-Throat (Plate 4, Fig. 15). This beautiful 

 warbler is one of the most attractive of the family. It perhaps is 

 not as useful as many others because of its somewhat shy habits 



