YELLOW PALM WARBLER 167 



soiled whitish throat and breast and pure 

 yellow lower belly and under tail-coverts 

 made it certain that it was a Palm War- 

 bler. The visitant remained mostly upon 

 the grass during observation, wagged the 

 tail but little and gave its call-note repeat- 

 edly. 



87. YELLOW PALM WARBLER 



Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea 



A little flock of Yellow Palm, or Yellow 

 Redpoll, Warblers came in each of the 

 years 1901, 1902, and 1903. The first visit 

 was of three birds on May I to the Common ; 

 the second visit was of six birds to the Gar- 

 den on April 23 and 24, one remaining to 

 April 28 ; and the third visit also to the 

 Garden was of three birds on April 29. The 

 first company sang freely. No bird of the 

 species was again noted in the spring until 

 1908, when three birds appeared singly on 

 April 15, 23, and 29 respectively, the second 

 one on the Common. 



There have been three autumn records 

 for the Garden : one of a bird on October 



