WARBLERS 



■ , -X (672) 



Dendroica palmarum 

 palmarum {Cmd.') 

 PALM WARBLER. Paler than 

 the eastern form that follows. 



Range — Interior, breeding from 

 Minn, northward; migrates through 

 the Miss. Valley and winters from 

 Fla. and the Bahamas southward. 



(672a) D. p. hypochrysea Ridg- 



way 



YELLOW PALM WARBLER. 

 Ads. — As shown; superciliary stripe 

 and whole under parts bright yellow; 

 crown and streaks on sides chestnut; 

 back brownish, rump yellowish-green; 

 indistinct bars on wings; tail spots 

 at very tip of inner webs. L., 5.25. 



Range — Breeds from Me. to New- 

 foundland, Ont. and Quebec. Win- 

 ters in the Gulf States. Mass. in 

 spring, Apr. 15; in fall, Oct. i. 



are probably more abundant in dry pine woods than any 

 other species; they are to be as closely associated with pine 

 trees as are ducks with water. True, during migrations, we 

 may sometimes see them feeding in deciduous woods, but 

 these are used as mere stepping stones in their progress to and 

 from their chosen breeding grounds. Their dull plumage 

 and sluggish actions are not calculated to attract attention, 

 but the slow, monotonous trill, pleasing when not heard too 

 frequently, may be heard at all seasons, even in their winter 

 quarters in the Southern States. 



Their nests, which are small but strongly made of fibres, 

 grass and webs, lined with hair and feathers, are well con- 

 cealed in tufts of pine needles, usually near the ends of 

 branches toward the tops of the trees. 



PALM WARBLERS, which occur west of the Alleghenies, 

 and the slightly brighter race, YELLOW PALM WAR- 

 BLERS, which are found along the Atlantic states, are among 

 the first of the migrants to sweep northward to their Cana- 



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