YELLOW WARBLER 



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Fig. 21. Yellow Warbler 



Nest, a neat gray cup in the fork of a bush or low tree. Eggs, 

 bluish-white or greenish-white, spotted with brown, generally in a 

 wreath around the larger end. 



The Yellow Warbler is a summer resident of New York 

 and New England, arriving late in April or early in May, 

 and leaving about the middle of 

 August ; a few migrants from 

 the north are seen in Septem- 

 ber. It is common in central 

 and southern New England and 

 in the lower Hudson Valley, and 

 frequents orchards and gardens, 

 even in large cities ; in the hilly 

 country of western Massachu- 

 setts and in northern New England it is much less common, 

 and is generally confined to the valleys of the large streams 

 and their tributaries. It is active, and a constant singer, 

 uttering its bright song from the morning of its arrival to 

 that of its departure. The song has two forms : one loud 

 and incisive, like the syllables wee'-chee, chee, cJiee, chee'- 

 wee, the other less sharp and strong. (See under Chestnut- 

 sided Warbler, p. 118.) The alarm-note is a rather loud chip. 



There is hardly any bird with which the Yellow Warbler 

 can be confused : none of the other warblers is so yellow- 

 ish above, except the Blue-winged Warbler (see Fig. 23, 

 p. 128) ; the Goldfinch has black and white wings and tail, 

 and a black forehead. (See, also, p. 126,- Nashville Warbler.) 



Cape May Warblee. Dendroica tigrina 



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Ad. $. — Crown blackish; patch back of eye orange-brown or 

 chestnut ; back streaked with black; white patch on the wing; 

 rump yellow ; under parts yellow, streaked with black. Ad. 9 . — 

 Upper parts gray ; rump yellowish ; under parts white, tinged 

 with yellowish and streaked with dusky brown; white wing-bar 

 very narrow. 



