326 POULTRY AND WILD BIRDS 
when one is seen, and this is worth while even though the species may 
be difficult to determine. 
652 Yellow Warbler. Summer Yellow-bird. Length 5 inches. 
This bird is well named indeed, for the larger portion of the plumage 
isa bright yellow; but the back has a greenish tinge and the wings and 
tail are darker and streaked with brown. 
The female is darker above, being a yel- 
lowish olive green, instead of a greenish 
yellow. This is a common inhabitant of 
bushes and small trees near our home and 
elsewhere, but not in forests; is especially 
fond of the bushy banks of small streams. 
It is more frequently seen than other 
warblers; novices often take it for an 
escaped Canary. If they would merely compare its bill with the 
Canary’s, that alone would prove the mistake. Its pleasing, high-pitched 
little song has been translated wee-chee, 
chee, chee, cher-wee. Common S.R. 
YELLOW WARBLER 
655 Myrtle Warbler. Length 58% inches. 
No warbler is more easily identified 
than this one with its four distinct patches 
of yellow, on crown, rump, and either side 
of breast. The rest of its color scheme 
is also distinctive : upper parts bluish gray 
streaked with black; two white wing 
bars, white spots on the tail, and white 
throat and belly; breast and upper belly 
heavily marked with black. A handsome 
bird, frequent in early spring on its way 
north. M. 
681d Northern Vellowthroat. Length 5% inches. 
Easily identified by a very conspicuous black mask across the fore- 
head and over the cheeks, making him look like a little bandit. Upper 
parts are olive green, but next to the mask whitish; lower parts a deep 
yellow. This is a bush-living bird more frequently heard than seen; 
he will inform you of his presence by his energetic little song, which may 
Myrtle WARBLER 
