FAM. VII. WOOD WARBLEBS 



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Palm Warljler 



The sides are streaked with chestnut, and the crown has a 

 chestnut patch, very distinct in the breeding season. In winter 

 the crown patch is rendered more or less in- 

 distinct by brownish tips to the feathers. 

 In summer there is a yellow line over 

 the eye ; in winter this is v.-hite, 

 and a ring around the eye is 

 also white. The under parts 

 in winter are rather yel- 

 lowish than yellow. 

 This is the Palm War- 

 bler of the Mississippi 

 Valley ; in winter in 

 the South Atlantic and 

 Gulf States; occasionally seen in other localities (Ked-poll 

 Warbler). Yellow Palm "Warbler (672". D. p. hypochrysea). — A 

 warbler, with the upper parts dark olive-green, the lower parts 

 entirely bright yellow, the crown chestnut, and the sides 

 streaked with chestnut ; over and around the eye there is a 

 yellow line. There are no white wing bars, but the under tail 

 feathers have white blotches near their tips. In winter the 

 chestnut crown is partly concealed by brownish. The yellow 

 of the under parts of this variety is much the brighter and 

 more uniform. (The Palm Warbler always shows whitish on 

 the belly.) This is an active warbler of the open field rather 

 than of the woods, and in winter in the south it is a common 

 town and village bird. It has a tail-wagging habit which is 

 very characteristic. (Yellow Red-poll.) 



Length, b\ ; wing, 2| (2,i-2|) ; tail, 2; ; tarsus, f ; culmen, |. Atlan- 

 tic States ; breeding from eastern Maine to Hudson Bay, and wintering in 

 the South Atlantic and Gulf States. (The Palm Warbler is found north 

 to Great Slave Lake, and winters south to Mexico.) 



28. Prairie Warbler (673. Dendroica discolor). — A small 

 olive-green-backed warbler with the under parts bright yellow, 

 streaked with black on the sides. The center of the back is 

 marked in the adult with a brownish patch, and the under tail 



