62 PINE WARBLER. 



eggs, 4 to 5, are bluish white, thickly speckled with 

 brown. 



In the country these Warblers are frequently im- 

 posed upon by the Cowbird, but they show great 

 ingenuity in getting rid of the obnoxious egg by 

 building a second story to their nest, thus covering it 

 out of sight. 



Yellow Warblers are among our most useful bird 

 citizens, for besides winged-insects they eat canker- 

 worms, spiders, plant-lice and small beetles. 



Yellow-throated Warbler: Dendroica dominica. 



Length 5^4 inches. 



Upper parts gray; a yellow line in front of the eye and a 

 white line over it. 



Forehead and cheeks black; white patch on side of the 

 neck; two white wing-bars. 



Throat and breast yellow; belly white, sides streaked with 

 black. 



A rare summer resident, sometimes common in late July; 

 winters in the tropics. 



This handsome Warbler frequents woods that bor- 

 der streams, but he is a southern bird and is seldom 

 common as far north as this. His song is said to 

 resemble that of the Indigo-bird. 



The nest is high in trees, often in pines. The eggs, 

 4 to 5, are thickly speckled with brown. 



Pine Warbler: Dendroica vigor sii. 



Length 5^ inches. 



Upper parts bright olive-green; two whitish wing-bars; 

 white patches on outer tail-feathers. 



Under parts bright yellow. Female much duller. 



Resident (rare in early summer) from March 28 to October 

 25; winters in the Southern States and the Bahamas. 



The Pine Warbler is well named, for he is seldom 

 found elsewhere than in pine woods, where he hunts 



