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higher branches in coniferous forests, and in the early fall the bird 

 returns to surroundings which seem more in keeping with its attire. 

 Mr. Minot describes its summer song as resembling the syllables 

 wee-see-wee-see-wee-see (wee-see-ick) , while in the spring its notes may 

 be likened to wee-see-wee-see, tsee-tsee, tsee, tsee } tsee-tsee, tsee, tsee, 

 the latter syllables being on ascending scale, the very last shrill and fine. 



663. Dendroica dominica dominica (Linn.). YELLOW-THROATED 

 WARBLER. Ad. <?. A yellow line in front of the eye and a white line over it; 

 upperparts gray, forehead blackish; wings and tail edged with grayish, two 

 white wing-bars; outer tail-feathers with white patches near their tips; 

 cheeks and sides of the throat black; a white patch on the side of the neck; 

 throat and breast yellow, belly white, sides streaked with black. Ad. 9. 

 Similar, but with less black on the head, throat and neck. L., 5'25; W., 2*60; 

 T., 2'01; B., '49. 



Range. E. N. Am. Breeds mainly in Austroriparian fauna from s. Md. 

 and cen. Del. to middle Fla.; winters in s. Fla., Bahamas, and Greater 

 Antilles, and also casually n. to S. C. and in the Lesser Antilles; in migration 

 casually to N. Y., Mass., and Conn. 



Washington, rare S. R., rather common in late July and Aug.; Apl. 

 19-Sept. 4. 



Nest, of twigs, strips of bark, and Tillandsia 'moss,' lined with vegetable 

 down, 30-40 feet from the ground, in pines or live-oaks, sometimes in a 

 bunch of Tillandsia 'moss.' Eggs, 4-5, white or grayish white, with numerous 

 distinct and obscure cinnamon- or olive-brown markings, sometimes evenly 

 distributed, sometimes in a wreath at the larger end, "74 x '52. Date, 

 Charleston, S. C., Apl. 2; Raleigh, N. C., Apl. 22. 



Some birds are so characteristic of certain places that wherever 

 heard or seen they recall their accustomed haunts. I have only to 

 remember the song of the Yellow-throated Warbler to give form to a 

 mental picture of some tree-bordered stream or bayou in the South. 

 The song bears some resemblance to that of the Indigo Bunting, but has 

 a wilder, more ringing quality. In this respect it suggests the song of 

 Seiurus motacilla. It may be written ching-ching-ching, chicker, cher- 

 wee. It is to some extent ventriloquial, and this in connection with 

 the rather deliberate movements of the birds, and the fact that they 

 resort to the upper branches, makes it sometimes difficult to locate the 

 singer. 



663a. D. d. albilora Ridgw. SYCAMORE WARBLER. Similar to the 

 preceding, but with a smaller bill and the line in front of the eye white 

 instead of yellow. W., 2'60; T., 2'00; B., '45. 



Range. E. cen. U. S. Breeds in Upper and Lower Austral zones of 

 Miss. Valley from se. Nebr., s. Wise., s. Mich., Ohio, W. Va., and s. N. C. 

 s. to e. Tex. and La.; winters from Puebla, Mex., to Costa Rica; in migra- 

 tion occasional e. to S. C. 



"The Sycamore Warbler is a common summer resident in the bot- 

 tom-lands [of Illinois], where, according to the writer's experience, it 

 lives chiefly in the large sycamore trees along or near the water-courses. 

 On this account it is a difficult bird to obtain during the breeding 

 season, the male usually keeping in the topmost branches of the tallest 

 trees, out of gunshot and often, practically, out of sight, although its 

 presence is betrayed by its loud, very unwarblerlike song" (Ridgway), 



