PLATE LIH. YELLOW RED-POLL WARBLER. PALM WARBLER. 



Dendroica palmarum. 



Above brownish-olive, rump yellowish-green ; crown dark bay ; 

 beneath yellow, streaked on the breast with bay ; a bright yellow streak 

 over, and a brownish line through the eye ; the two outer tail-feathers 

 tipped with square white spots ; no white wing-bars. Length, 5.40 

 inches. 



Migratory. One of the earliest of the Warblers to come, and one of the latest to go. 

 Its times of migration are late in April northward, and late in September or early in 

 October southward. We see it here only as it passes. It generally keeps to fields and 

 road-sides, and is oftener seen hopping upon the ground and flitting among bushes than in 

 more elevated situations. Dr. Mearns thus points out one of its notable habits : "The 

 Red-poll's tail executes a perpetual lateral vibratory movement, which is as characteristic 

 as is the tilting of the Wagtails ; this motion is often accompanied by a feeble chip, the 

 only note 1 have heard it utter." 



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