WARBLERS 



(657) Dendroica magnolia 



(Wihon) 

 MAGNOLIA WARBLER. Ad. 

 cf — As shown by the upper bird ; 

 rump and under parts bright yellow; 

 back, wings, tail, patch on sides of 

 head and spots across the breast and 

 along the sides, black; large white 

 areas in middle of inner webs of outer 

 tail feathers; wing coverts chieily 

 white; crown gray; post-ocular stripe 

 and spot on lower eyelid white. Ad. 

 Q — Similar but duller, the yellow 

 being paler and the black replaced 

 by gray. Im. — As shown by the 

 lower bird; no stripes on the under 

 parts. L., 4.90. 



Range — Breeds from Mass., N. Y. 

 and Minn, northward. Winters south 

 from Mexico. Arrives Mass., May 10; 

 leaves Sept. 25. 



They winter in the Southern States and sometimes along the 

 coast as far north as Massachusetts. Consequently they are 

 one of the earliest of the warblers to pass through on the 

 spring migration. They go in quite large companies, troop- 

 ing through open woodland leisurely, feeding upon berries, 

 buds, and insects. 



They are perhaps the easiest of the warblers to identify 

 because they are conspicuously labeled by four yellow 

 patches, one each on the crown, rump and either side of the 

 breast. They also utter a chirp that is a sure "give away" 

 to their identity — deeper toned than that of other warblers 

 and quite distinctive. Their song is a siinple little jingle or 

 trill, a little louder than that of the Junco. 



Most of the warblers are pretty but our MAGNOLIA 

 WARBLER must surely be given a higher rank and called 

 beautiful. They have always been particular favorites of 

 mine, perhaps because I have had several opportunities of 

 making close studies of their nesting habits. The little black, 



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