. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 2l8 SINLlINt; the 1- 'lod of migni:iun, they aiJjK-ar in an alicr -d ivu\ U'spo>ed autunuial change only repre- sents the young bird. The old i>, m fut, but little less brilliant than in stunmer, and I have a well-tounded ^itieiiMi that the wearing of tiie edges of the feather-^, or some other seeonw fir-tree, about fwii feet from the ground. When approuhed, or while feeding, they only utter a feeble, plaintive A///> of alarm. This beautifid •>pecie
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 2l8 SINLlINt; the 1- 'lod of migni:iun, they aiJjK-ar in an alicr -d ivu\ U'spo>ed autunuial change only repre- sents the young bird. The old i>, m fut, but little less brilliant than in stunmer, and I have a well-tounded ^itieiiMi that the wearing of tiie edges of the feather-^, or some other seeonw fir-tree, about fwii feet from the ground. When approuhed, or while feeding, they only utter a feeble, plaintive A///> of alarm. This beautifid •>pecies arrives lure about the 7th or 8lh of May, and now « hieily frequents the orchards, tittering at short inter\-als, in the morning, a swid and \an" i, rather warble, resembling in j'irt the s-mg of the Summer Yellow bird, but much more the firewill, solitary autiunnal notes of the Roliin Redbreast ..." liurope. 'J'he tones at times are also so ventrilo>|uial and \ ' \v in diat it is not always ea>y to ascertain the spot whence tluy jjitx ee<l. W hile thus engaged in tpiol of small caterpillars, the Myrtle seems almost insensible to obtrusion, and familiarl)' searches for its jjrey, imwever near we may approach. The " Yellow-rump " —by which this species is best known — brLTtis troni iiortlieni New I'.uglaiul northward and west to .Manitoba; .ilso 011 du- IJerksiiirc hills in Massachusetts. It an almndaiu suinuK-r residc-nt of the Maritime I'rovinces, but elsewhere, in the portions of Canada, occurs as a migrant only. It winters re:,;ularlv in anil central Uhiu, and iht'ii-e a^ iar .is Central .\ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Mon
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