WARBLERS 



(655) Dendroica coronata 



{Linn.) (Lat., crowned). 



MYRTLE WARBLER; YEL- 

 LOW-RUM PED WARBLER. Ad. 

 d' — As shown by the lower bird ; yel- 

 low patches on the crown, sides and 

 rump; black patch on sides of head 

 and streaks on back, breast and flanks; 

 two white wing bars and white 

 spot on the inner webs of the outer 

 tail feathers. Ad. 9 — Shown by 

 the upper bird; much duller, the yel- 

 low paler and the black replaced by 

 gray. Immature birds are browner 

 above than the 9 • L., 5.50; W., 

 2.85; T,, 2.25. 



Range — Breeds from the northern 

 edge of U. S., north to the tree limit. 

 Winters from Middle States to the 

 Bahamas and West Indies. Arrives 

 Mass., Apr. 20 to May 20. 



a second and even a third nest over the original one to cover 

 up the spurious eggs. 



BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS are among 

 the easiest of all species to identify, both plumage and songs 

 being widely different from any other. In migrations we may 

 find them in open woods or even in orchards, but during 

 nesting they retire to spoonwood or laurel swamps or to 

 woods in which these shrubs form the undergrowth. They 

 have several songs but all have an unmistakable huskiness 

 and buzz to them. One most often heard is a rather deep- 

 toned "zwee, zwee, zwee-e-e, " on an ascending scale. The 

 nests are located in laurel or other bushes usually less than 

 two feet above ground. They are quite difficult to find for 

 the female sits very closely and the male continues to sing in 

 the same happy way whether you are yards or feet or away 

 from it. 



MYRTLE or YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS are 

 one of the most abundant species in eastern North America. 



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