PINE WARBLER. 371 



The Black-throated Green Warblei- is a regular visitor in spring 

 and fall. It appears a few days earlier in spring than some others of 

 its class, and soon announces its arrival Ijy the frequent utterance of 

 its characteristic notes, which are readily recognized when heard in 

 the woods, but are difficult to translate into our language. When 

 the ^^'arblers are on their migratory journey, they use trees of all 

 kinds as resting places, but while seeking food this species evidently 

 prefers the pines, and is most frequently seen among the higher 

 branches. In the fall thej' are as active as ever in their movements, 

 but are mostly silent, except in the utterance of a simple chirp to 

 advise each other of their whereabouts. 



DENDROICA VIGORSII (Aud.). 

 279. Pine Warbler. (671) 



Uniform yellowish-olix'e above, yellow below, paler oi- white on belly and 

 under tail coverts, shaded and sometimes obsoletely streaked with darker on 

 the sides ; superciliary line, yellow ; wing bars, white ; tail blotches confined to 

 two outer pairs of feathers, large, oblique. Fcina/i' and young: — Similar, 

 duller ; sometimes ^merely [olive-gray above and sordid- whitish below. The 

 variations in precise shade are interminable, but, the species may always be 

 known by the lack .of any special sliarp markings whatever, except the super- 

 ciliary line, and l)y the comliination of white Ming bars with large oblique tail 

 .spots confined to the two outer jiairs of feathers. Length, oi to nearly (i inches. 



H.iB. — Kastern United States to the Plains, north to Ontario and New 

 Brunswick, wintering in the South Atlantic and Gulf States, and the Bahamas. 



Xest, in a pine tree, well up from the ground, built of strips of bark, 

 rootlets and grass, and lined with plant down, hair and feathers. 



Eggs, usually four, white, tinged with pink and spotted with reddish-broM'n 

 and lilac toward the larger en<l. 



The Pine-creeping Warbler is remarkable neither for the gaiety 

 of dress nor the acti\'ity of movement which distinguish most of 

 the others of its class. It is a large, quiet Warbler, yellowish-green 

 above, and greenish-yellow below, and is most frequently observed 

 creeping on the trunks or branches of the pine trees, searching for 

 insects among the crevices of the bark. It does not seem to be 

 generally distributed, for Dr. Wheaton speaks of it as being rare in 

 Ohio, and Mr. Saunders has not met with it near London, while at 

 Hamilton it is rather a common species, and raises its young near the 

 city every season. 



