Dusky, Gray, and Slate-colored 
Range—From Canadian border to Central America, where it 
winters. 
Migrations—May. September. Summer resident. 
After one has seen a golden-winged warbler fluttering hither 
and thither about the shrubbery of a park within sight and sound 
of a great city’s distractions and with blissful unconcern of them 
all, partaking of a hearty lunch of insects that infest the leaves 
before one’s eyes, one counts the bird less rare and shy than one 
has been taught to consider it. Whoever looks for a warbler 
with gaudy yellow wings will not find the golden-winged vari- 
ety. His wings have golden patches only, and while these are 
distinguishing marks, they are scarcely prominent enough feat- 
ures to have given the bird the rather misleading name he bears. 
But, then, most warblers’ names are misleading. They serve 
their best purpose in cultivating patience and other gentle virtues 
in the novice. 
Such habits and choice of haunts as characterize the blue- 
winged warbler are also the golden-winged’s. But their voices 
are quite different, the former’s being sharp and metallic, while 
the latter’s zee, tee, 7¢e comes more lazily and without accent. 
Myrtle Warbler 
(Dendroica coronata) Wood Warbler family 
Called also: YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER; MYRTLE- 
BIRD; YELLOW-CROWNED WARBLER 
Length—5 to 5.5 inches. About an inch smaller than the English 
sparrow. 
Male—In summer plumage: A yellow patch on top of head, 
lower back, and either side of the breast. Upper parts blu- 
ish slate, streaked with black. Upper breast black ; throat 
white; all other under parts whitish, streaked with black. 
Two white wing-bars, and tail quills have white spots near 
the tip. J” winter : Upper parts olive-brown, streaked with 
black; the yellow spot on lower back the only yellow mark 
remaining. Wing-bars grayish. 
Female—Resembles male in winter plumage. 
Range—Eastern North America. Occasional on Pacific slope. 
Summers from Minnesota and northern New England north- 
ward to Fur Countries. Winters from Middle States south- 
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