Warblers SONG—BIRDS

Breeds : From northern New England and New York northward. Nest : Close to the ground in bushes.

Eggs: Typical Warbler’s eggs.

Range: Eastern North America to the Plains. West Indies in winter.

Again we find the term blue used in reference to a War- bler which is of an inconspicuous, dull slate colour. This Warbler is likely to be one of the most difficult of its tribe to identify, as its plumage, being wholly devoid of yellow, is not easily seen among the trees.

All authorities agree that its favourite nesting-haunts are near swampy ground and in laurel thickets, especially in those parts of Connecticut where it breeds. Mr. Averill notes the bird as a “ tolerably common migrant,” but I can find no breedingrecord for it in this vicinity. Still, I think that they sometimes breed here, for I saw a pair on May 30, in the laurel glen near Aspetuck, who were evidently col- lecting building-materials; for the male bird had the dry tendrils of a small vine in his beak.

Myrtle Warbler: Demlroica coronata. Yellow-ramped Warbler.

Purl: 16. FIG. 2.

Length: 5.50 inches.

Male: Slate colour, striped and streaked with black. Crown, sides of breast, and rump yellow. Below whitish; upper breast black. Two white cross-bars on wings ; tail with White spots. In win- ter, brownish olive; yellow of mmp constant, but lacking on crown and breast. Bill and feet black.

Female: Resemhling the winter male.

Song : A few notes only — “ Twhip-twéeter-twéeter.”

Season: Most plentiful Warbler in the migrations, and also a winter resident.

Breeds: From the northern United States northward.

Nest: In low shrubs, particularly evergreens.

Eggs: 4—6, the usual Warbler variety.

Range: Eastern North America chiefly, straggling, more or less com- monly, westward to the Pacific ; winters from the Middle States and the Ohio Valley, southward to the West Indies and Central America.

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