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ley, and N. J. (locally s. New England) s. to the Greater Antilles, Mex., 

 and Panama, and on the Pacific coast from cen. Ore. to s. Calif.; acciden- 

 tal in Greenland and e. Siberia. 



Washington, abundant W. V., Aug. 7-May 23. Ossining, common T. 

 V., Apl. 13-May 28; Aug. 16-Nov. 11; a few winter. Cambridge, abundant 

 T. V., Apl. 12-May 20; Sept. 1-Nov. 1; a few winter. N. Ohio, common 

 T. V., Apl. 12-May 20; Sept. 15-Nov. 3. Glen Ellyn, common T. V., Apl. 

 8-May 28; Sept. 25-Dec. 29. SE. Minn., common T. V., Apl. 6- ; Sept. 

 9-Oct. 28. 



Nest, of vegetable fibers lined with grasses, in coniferous trees 5-10 feet 

 up. Eggs, 4-5, white or grayish white, distinctly and obscurely spotted and 

 speckled or blotched with olive-brown or rufous-brown, '70 x *52. Date, 

 Bangor, Maine, May 30; Kentville, N. S., May 29. 



These strong, hardy Warblers leave their cousins of the woods and 

 in loose companies forage in old fields and scrubby growths among 

 the bayberry or myrtle (Myrica) bushes, which bear their favor- 

 ite food. So fond are they of these berries that their movements 

 are largely governed by the success or failure of the bayberry crop. 

 Near my home at Englewood, N. J., Myrtle Warblers are always com- 

 mon during the winter if there is an abundance of bayberries and always 

 absent when the berries are wanting. 



No Warbler is more easily identified than this bird with its four 

 distinct patches of yellow. The yellow rump is conspicuous in life, 

 and, in connection with the bird's characteristic tchep, forms an excel- 

 lent field-mark. It begins to sing on its spring migrations a bright, 

 cheery trill suggesting the song of the Junco. 



AUDUBON'S WARBLER (656. Dendroica auduboni auduboni), a species of 

 the Western States, has been recorded once from Massachusetts and once 

 from Pennsylvania. 



657. Dendroica magnolia (Wils.). MAGNOLIA WARBLER. (Fig. 120.) 

 Ad. d". Crown bluish gray, cheeks and forehead black, a white line behind 

 the eye; back black, bordered with olive-green, a large white patch on the 

 wing-coverts; rump yellow, tail black, inner vanes of all but the central 

 feathers with white patches on their middle, the end third of the feather 

 being entirely black; throat yellow, breast and sides heavily streaked with 

 black. Ad. 9. Similar, but with the colors duller and less sharply defined; 

 back greener. Ads. fall and im. d" Top and sides of the head ashy; back 

 olive-green, with nearly concealed black spots; two narrow wing-bars; 

 rump yellow, tail as in the adults; underparts yellow; whiter on the belly; 

 sides with black streaks. Im. 9 . Similar, but no black streaks above, those 

 on sides barely evident. L., 5' 12; W., 2'30; T., 2'00; B. from N., '30. 



Remarks. In any plumage this bird may be known by the white patches 

 on the tail being near the middle instead of at the tip of the feathers. 



Range. E. N. Am. Breeds in Canadian and upper Transition zones 

 from sw. Mackenzie (casually Great Bear Lake), s. Keewatin, n. Que., and 

 N. F. s. to cen. Alberta, s. Sask., Minn., n. Mich., and n. Mass., and in the 

 mts. of W. Va., Md., Pa., and N. Y.; winters from s. Mex. to Panama. 



Washington, common T. V., Apl. 22-May 30; Aug. 15-Oct. 6. Ossining, 

 common T. V., May 9-28; Aug. 13-Oct. 11. Cambridge, T. V., rather 

 common, May 12-25; not uncommon, Sept. 10-25. N. Ohio, common T. V 

 Apl. 28-May 27; Sept. 1-Oct. 10. Glen Ellyn, common T. V., May 3-June 

 5; Aug. 12-Oct. 9. SE. Minn., common T. V., May 6- ; Aug. 12-Sept. 9. 



Nest, of fine twigs, leaf stems, etc., lined with hairlike rootlets, in conifer- 

 ous trees, usually 3-6 feet up. Eggs, 3-5, white, marked with cinnamon- and 



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