. Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . their voicesare- quite different, the formers being sharp and metallic, whilethe latters :{ee, T^ee, \ee 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 inches. About an inch smaller than the Englishsparrow. Male—In summer plumage: A yellow patch on top of head,lower back, and either side of the breast. Upper parts b
. Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes . their voicesare- quite different, the formers being sharp and metallic, whilethe latters :{ee, T^ee, \ee 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 inches. About an inch smaller than the Englishsparrow. 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 ; throatwhite; all other under parts whitish, streaked with white wing-bars, and tail quills have white spots nearthe tip. In winter: Upper parts olive-brown, streaked withblack; the yellow spot on lower back the only yellow markremaining. Wing-bars grayish. i?i?wa/(f—Resembles male in winter plumage. Range—Eastern North America. Occasional on Pacific from Minnesota and northern New England north-ward to Fur Countries. Winters from Middle States south- 92 ^. MYRTLE Dusky, Gray, and Slate-colored ward into Central America; a few often remaining at thenorthern United States ail the —April. October. November. Also, but more rarely,a winter resident. The first of the warblers to arrive in the spring and the lastto leave us in the autumn, some even remaining throughout thenorthern winter, the myrtle warbler, next to the summer yellow-bird, is the most familiar of its multitudinous kin. Though webecome acquainted with it chiefly in the migrations, it impressesus by its numbers rather than by any gorgeousness of attire. Thefour yellow spots on crown, lower back, and sides are its distin-guishing marks; and in the autumn these marks have dwindledto only one, that on the lower back or rump. The great diffi-culty experienced in identifying any warbler is in its rest
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