WARBLERS 



(650) Dendroica tigrina 



iCmcl.) (Gr., a tree inhabitant; Lat., 

 striped). 



CAPE MAY WARBLER. Ad. <f 

 — Plumage as skown by bird on the 

 right; sides of head, under parts and 

 rump yellow; lesser wing coverts and 

 spots on inner webs of outer tail 

 feathers white; back greenish; crown 

 blackish; breast and sides streaked 

 with black; auriculars rufous. Ad. 

 9 — As shown by the left hand bird ; 

 much duller colored than her mate; 

 no rufous; sides of head, under parts 

 and rump very pale yellow; breast and 

 sides indistinctly streaked; white re- 

 stricted on wings and tail. L., s°°- 

 Ncsl — Near the ground, usually in 

 coniferous trees; eggs white, spotted 

 with brown, .68 x .50. 



Range — Breeds from Me. and N. 

 B. to Man. and Mackenzie. 



anywhere in eastern United States. Their songs are quite 

 distinctive — short, buzzy little trills with a very abrupt 

 ending. If we wish to see these birds during the nesting 

 season we must hunt out some swampy woodland where the 

 trees are festooned with Usnea moss, for it is in the upturned 

 and hair-lined ends of this moss that Parulas lay their eggs 

 and rear their families. I know of several swamps with 

 standing dead conifers, artistically trimmed with drooping 

 moss, which harbor colonies of these interesting warblers. 

 The ground is carpeted with spagnum moss which lets you 

 sink down into the water a few inches at every step. Appar- 

 ently they are not particular as to the height of their nests, 

 but the ones about the height of the eyes are of course the 

 easiest to discover. I have found them as low as three feet 

 and as high as thirty. 



The Parula found in the Southeastern States averages a 

 very little smaller and a trifle paler in coloring; hence the 

 species is divided into two races which differ chiefly in name. 



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