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BLACK AND YELLOW WARBLER 



Black and Yellow Warbler ; Magnolia Warbler : 



Dendroica maculosa. 



Under parts yellow, with a necklace and long 1 pendants of black. 

 Head bluish gray ; large white patch on wings ; ends of tail 

 feathers black ; middle, white. Length, about 5 inches. 



GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. Eastern North America ; breeds 

 from northern Michigan and northern New England to Hud- 

 son Bay, and southward along the crests of the Alleghanies to 

 Pennsylvania ; winters in Central America and West Indies. 



The Magnolia does not suffer from dearth of 

 markings. Identifying him is like taking count 



of each stone in a 

 mosaic passed rap- 

 idly before your 

 bewildered eyes. 

 But he usually 

 alights in a low 

 bush, the gods 

 be praised! and 

 two impressions 

 will generally re- 

 main after even a hurried glimpse large white 

 wing patches and heavy black breast blotches. 

 The one point to note, though, if we could but 

 know it beforehand, is the white on the middle 

 of the tail feathers, as most Warblers wear their 

 polka dots at the tips of the feathers. 



In any case the Black and Yellow is a most 

 striking and handsome bird, and one feels greatly 

 elated over discovering him. 



FIG. 174. 



Black and Yellow Warbler. 



