Warblers SONG-BIRDS. 



Breeds : From northern New England and New York northward. 



Nest : Close to the ground in bushes. 



Eggs : Typical Warbler's eggs. 



Range : Eastern North America to the Plains. West Indies in winter. 



Again we find the term blue used in reference to a War- 

 bler which is of an inconspicuous, dull slate colour. This 

 Warbler is likely to be one of the most difficult of its tribe 

 to identify, as its plumage, being wholly devoid of yellow, 

 is not easily seen among the trees. 



All authorities agree that its favourite nesting-haunts are 

 near swampy ground and in laurel thickets, especially in 

 those parts of Connecticut where it breeds. Mr. Averill 

 notes the bird as a " tolerably common migrant," but I can 

 find no breeding-record for it in this vicinity. Still, I think 

 that they sometimes breed here, for I saw a pair on May 30, 

 in the laurel glen near Aspetuck, who were evidently col- 

 lecting building-materials ; for the male bird had the dry 

 tendrils of a small vine in his beak. 



Myrtle Warbler: Dendroica coronata. 



Yellow-rumped Warbler. 



PLATE II. FIG. 8. 



Length: 5.50 inches. 



Male : Slate colour, striped and streaked with black. Crown, sides of 

 breast, and rump yellow. Below whitish ; upper breast black. 

 Two white cross-bars on wings ; tail with white spots. In win- 

 ter, brownish olive ; yellow of rump constant, but lacking on 

 crown and breast. Bill and feet black. 



Female : Resembling the winter male. 



Song : A few notes only " Twhip-tweeter-tweeter. " 



Season : Most plentiful Warbler in the migrations, and also a winter 

 resident. 



Breeds : From the northern United States northward. 



Nest : In low shrubs, particularly evergreens. 



Eggs : 4-6, the usual Warbler variety. 



Range : Eastern North America chiefly, straggling, more or less com- 

 monly, westward to the Pacific ; winters from the Middle States 

 and the Ohio Valley, southward to the West Indies and Central 

 America. 



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