WARBLERS 



(673) Dendroica discolor 



iVidll.) (Lat.. parti- colored). 



PRAIRIE WARBLER. Ad. d' 

 — Plumage as shown by the upper 

 bird; under parts bright olive-green; 

 middle of back with chestnut spots; 

 sides of head and under parts bright 

 yellow; black mark through the eye, 

 one below the ears and streaks down 

 the sides; two whitish wing bars and 

 white spots near the end of the outer 

 tail feathers. Ad. 9 — Dull colored 

 as shown by the lower bird; no chest- 

 nut on the back, nor black on the 

 head. L., 4.75. Nesl — Of grasses 

 and fibres, lined with fine rootlets; 

 in shrubs near the ground; eggs white, 

 with brown specks about the large 

 end, .65 X .48. 



Range — Breeds from Mass., Pa., 

 Ohio and Neb. sovith to the Gulf. 

 With us May 10 to Sept. 15. 



dian summer homes, arriving in the Northern States about the 

 middle of April. We see them always near the ground, in 

 weedy fields, cultivated land or along roadsides. Their 

 bright yellow under parts and habit of constantly bobbing 

 their tails will identify them as far as they can be seen. 



Their call note is a weak chip and their song a short trill 

 that would not be distinctive except in conjuncting with the 

 haunts that they frequent. Their nests are located on or 

 very close to the ground usually in swampy ground where 

 they are imbedded in the spagnum carpet. 



PRAIRIE WARBLERS are abundant summer residents 

 in the southern half of the United States, but are quite local 

 in their distribution along the northern edge of their range 

 which extends to New England. Bushy clearings, side hills 

 and thickets often shelter colonies of them, for they are clan- 

 nish to a greater degree than most warblers. The females are 

 rarely seen unless you approach the vicinity of their nests, for 

 they keep low down in underbrush which no eyes can pene- 



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