SONG—BIRDS . Warblers

yellowish white. Wings and tail brownish, white wing bars. Bill and feet dark.

Female: Chin yellowish, throat dusky, below pale whitish. In au- tumn plumage the male resembles the female.

Sony: Cheerful interrogative, “ Will you co-ome, will you co-ome, will you i’ "

Season: A summer resident, also abundant in the migrations. Comes in April, retires to woods to breed in May, emerges in September.

Breeds : From New England, New York, and the higher parts of Pennsylvania northward.

Nest: At the forking of high branches ; made of twigs, bark, grasses, and lined with hair, roots, down, etc.

Eggs.- 4—5, white, sprinkled and veiled with brown-purple.

Range : Eastern North America to the Plains, north to Hudson‘s Bay Territory; in winter, south to Cuba and Panama. Accidental in Greenland and Europe.

You will have but little trouble in recognizing this bril- liant and talkative little Warbler, which comes to us both as a summer resident and as a migrant. In late April I am always sure to see its green and gold feathers among the hemlocks on the east side of the garden, while it continually utters its anxious and persuasive notes, to which I eagerly respond. It repeats a little phrase that separates it from the indistinct songs of so many of its tribe: “Will you co—ome, Will you coome, will you?” it says, giving a par- ticularly emphatic pause on the last two syllables.

It has never nested in the garden, and only comes to it before the breeding and after the moulting season.

Pine Warbler: Dendroica vigorsii.

Length: 6.50—6 inches.

Male: Above bright yellowish alive. clear yellow below, dark streaks on sides. Yellow eye line; white bars on wings. White blotches on two outer tail feathers.

Female: Dull throughout, dirty white instead of yellow breast.

Song : A delicately trilled whistle. (Minot)

Season: A locally common summer resident, May to October and November. Possibly a resident. Some remain in the Middle States all winter.

Breeds: All through its range, beginning in the Carolinas in March.

Nest and Eggs: No special marks of identification.

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