YELLOW OR ORANGE COXSPICUOLS 537 



655. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, OR MYRTLE 

 WARBLER. — Dendroka coronaia. 



Family : The Wood Warblers. 



LeiigtA: 5.65. 



AdiiU Male in Spring and Sunimcr: A yellow patch on the crown, 

 vuinp, and either side of the breast ; upper parts bluish gi'ay, streaked 

 with black ; two white wing-bars ; taU black, with gray edgings ; 

 outer pair of tail-feathers with large spots of white ; throat white ; 

 breast and upper belly heavily marked with black ; lower belly 

 white. 



Adult Female in Spring and Summer: Similar, but smaller, and colors 

 duller ; upper parts browner ; breast simply streaked with black. 



Adult Male in Fall and Winter: Upper parts gra^h brown, streaked 

 with black on back and scapulars ; yellow crown patch concealed by 

 brown tips of feathers ; throat and chest huffy brown ; chest streaked 

 with black ; yellow patches obscured ; black patches with white edges 

 to feathers. 



AduU Femaie in Fall and fFinter: Similar to winter male, but smaller; 

 upper parts browner, yellow crown patch restricted or obsolete ; under 

 parts pale buff-brown in front and on sides ; centre of breast and 

 belly yellowish white ; yellow breast patches indistinct. 



Young : Similar to adults, but no yellow anywhere except sometimes on 

 rump ; whole plumage thickly streaked above and below. 



Geographical DistrilnUion .- Xorth America, chiefly e;ist and north of 

 Rocky Mountains ; rare west, except along the Pacific coast ; south 

 in winter to Middle States, "West Indies, and Panama. 



Breeding Bange : British Columbia and Alaska. 



Breeding S''ason: June 15 to July 15. 



Xe-st : Of vegetable fibres ; lined with mosses, feathers, and hair ; placed 

 in coniferous trees, 5 to 1 feet from the groimd. 



Eggs: 3 to 6 ; white, spotted chiefly around larger end with brown and 

 lilac. Size 0.70 X 0.52. 



The Yellow-rumped Warbler diflFers from the Audubon 

 warbler iu baring a white throat Both species are very 

 like the Myrtle Warbler of the East, and Mr. Grinnell 

 lists the Yellow-rumped in California as the " Alaska 

 ]\Iyrtle Warbler," while Mrs. Bailey calls it " the Eastern 



