THE SUMMER YELLOW-BIRD 283 
represented by three species. Two of them are of universal 
distribution, and the third (the chat) is nearly so. 
Tue YeLLtow WARBLER, or SUMMER YELLOW-BIRD,! is 
chosen as the type of about sixty species of small wood warblers 
each of which is called “warbler” with a descriptive name 
YELLOW WARBLER. 
prefixed, such as palm warbler, prairie warbler, Calaveras 
warbler, ete. It is of a bright, greenish-yellow color, and is 
easily recognized on the wing. On the western prairie farms 
the boys call it a ‘Wild Canary,” because it strongly re- 
sembles the orange-yellow phases of that popular cage bird. 
As if courting acquaintance with man, it loves to frequent 
the roadside thickets, the edges of woods, and even the 
orchard and garden. 
1 Den-dro’i-ca aes'ti-va. Length, 5 inches. 
