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Remarks. In any plumage this bird may be distinguished from the preceding by its uniformly 

 yellow underparts. (Chap., Birds of E. N . A.) 



Range. North America, east of the Alleghanies, breeding from New Brunswick and Nova 

 Scotia northward, and wintering in the Gulf and South Atlantic States. 



Range in North Carolina. A transient throughout the State; wintering, at least sparingly, in 

 the east. 



FIG. 240. YELLOW PALM WAEBLEE. 



The Yellow Palm Warbler, one of the very few species which regularly and per- 

 sistently wags the tail, is sometimes a fairly common migrant at Raleigh, the 

 periods at which it is usually most common being about the end of March and the 

 middle or end of April. These migrating birds are usually seen in woods, while 

 the winter birds, which are only of casual occurrence, frequent gardens and open 

 scrubby country. At Weaverville it has been recorded from April 14 to May 13 

 in spring, and from September 14 to November 28 in the fall. On the coast Pear- 

 son has found it in Hyde County in April. Apparently none of these birds pass the 

 winter months in the mountains. 



301. Dendroica discolor (Vieill.}. PRAIRIE WARBLER. 



Description. Upperparts bright olive-green; back spotted with chestnut-rufous; wing-bars 

 yellowish; outer tail-feathers with large white patches at their tips, the outer vane of the outer 

 feather white at the base; a yellow line over the eye; lores and a crescent below the eye black; 

 underparts bright yellow; sides heavily streaked with black. Ad. female. Similar, but with 

 less, or sometimes no chestnut-rufous on the back. Im. female. Upperparts uniformly ashy 

 olive-green; no apparent wing-bars; outer tail-feathers with white on their inner webs at the 

 tips; ear-coverts ashy; underparts yellow; sides indistinctly streaked with blackish. L., 4.75; 

 W., 2.20; T., 1.95; B. from N., .28. 



Remarks. The chestnut-rufous patch in the back at once identifies the adults; but the young 

 females are puzzling birds, to be known chiefly by their small size, absence of wing-bars and 

 streaks on the sides. (Chaps., Birds of E. N. A.) 



Range. Eastern United States, breeding from Massachusetts southward; winters in the West 

 Indies and the southern half of Florida. 



Range in North Carolina. Summer visitor throughout the State, east of mountains. 



This warbler is a common summer resident throughout the eastern and central 

 portions of the State, but has not been found in the higher mountains. . It has been 

 recorded from Taylorsville in Alexander County (Bruner, 1909); Old Fort in 

 McDowell County (Brewster, 1885) ; and Edgemont, Caldwell County (Feild and 

 Bruner, 1911). It arrives in the State about the middle of April or a little earlier, 

 and has been recorded as late as September 20. 



While here it frequents old fields and open woods, particularly where the large 

 trees have been cut away and there exists an abundance of bushes and saplings. 



