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WOOD WARBLERS. 



tlu'ir favorite food. So fond aro tlioy of those berries that their inove- 

 inciits are lur^ely governed by the sueeess or failure of the baybcrry 

 crop. Near my lioine at Englewood, N. J., Myrtle Warblers are always 

 cotnmon during tlie winter if there is an abundance of bay berries and 

 always absent when the berries are wantiii";. 



iNo Warbler is more easily identified than this bird with its fnnr 

 distinct patches of yellow. The yellow ruinp is conspicuous in life, 

 and, in connection with the bird's characteristic tckij), forms an excel- 

 lent field-mark. ■ 



Audubon's Warbleu (650. iJeiidroica auduhoni), a iii>CQ\c» of thi.'. Western 

 States, has been once recorded from Massachusetts and I'eimsylvauia. 



657. Dendroica maculosa (^'wc/.j- Maonoma Warblek; Black 



AND Yellow Waubleii. (Fifr. W-) Ail. $. — ('rown Iduisli jjray, cheeks and 

 forehead black, a wliitc line behiTid tlie eye ; back Vjlack, bordered with oHvo- 

 green, a large wliite patcii on tlie wing-coverts; rump yellow, tail l)lack, in- 

 ner vanes of all but the central featliers with white patches on their miJUfe, 

 the end third of the feather lieing entirely black ; throat yellow, breu.'-t and 

 sides heavily streaked with black. Ail. 9 . — Similar, but with the colors 

 duller and less sharply defined ; back greener. Im. — Top and sides of the 

 liead atdiy ; back olive-green, witli nearly concealed black «pots ; two narrow 

 wing-bars; rump yellow; tail as in the adults; under parts yellow; whiter 

 on the belly; sides with a few black streaks. L., W\±\ W., 2-;J0; T., 2-00; B. 

 from N., -yO. 



Remarks. — \n any plumage this bird may be known by the white patches 

 on the tail being near the middle instead of at the tip of tlie feathers. 



Rarxje. — Eastern North America; breeds from northern Michigan and 

 northern New England to Hudson Bay and southward along the crests of the 

 Alleghanies to Pennsylvania; winters in Central America. 



Washington, common T. V.. Apl. 28 to May 30; Aug. 15 to Oct. 10. Sing 

 Sing, common T. V., May to 28; Aug. 13 to Oct. 11. Cambridge, common 

 T. v., May 12 to 25 ; Sept. 20 to Oct. 5. 



JVest, of tine twigs, leaf stems, etc., lined with hairlike rootlets, in conif- 

 erous trees, usually three to six feet up. luf'js, three to five, white, marked 

 with cinnamon- and olive-brown, chietiy in a wreath about the larger end, 

 •CO X -48. 



Adult Magnolia Warblers are so distinctly marked that ordinarily 

 they may be identified at sight. Immature birds are less strikingly 

 colored, but in any plumage the species may be known by having the 

 white tail-spots nearer the midtlle than the ends of the feathers. Seen 

 from below, the birds thus appear to have a white tail broadly banded 

 with l)lack. 



The Magnolia's summer home is among the spruces and hemlocks. 

 Its song, which is of somewhat the same character as that of the Yel- 

 low Warbler, is described by Mr. Langille as " a loud, clear whistle, 



