Underparts bright yellow streaked with reddish brown; cap reddish brown; line over the eye yellow. L. 5¼.
Range. Nests from Maine northward; winters from North Carolina to the Florida Keys; west to Louisiana.
Washington, T.V., common. Mch. 31-Apl. 29; Sept. 4-Oct. 28. Ossining, tolerably common T.V., Apl. 11-May 5; Sept. 20-Nov. 8. Cambridge, usually common, sometimes abundant, T.V., Apl. 15-May 5; Oct. 1-15.
A tail-wagging Warbler that frequents bushy places, weedy fields and open pine woods and gardens, living near the ground where it may be easily seen. Its call-note, chip, is distinctive and one learns in time to recognize it. Its song is a trill, clear and sweet, but by no means loud.
The Palm Warbler (D. p. palmarum) is the Mississippi Valley form of the Atlantic coast race, from which it differs in having the line over the eye white instead of yellow; the yellow of the underparts paler and confined to the throat and breast. It is not infrequent during the fall migration in the North Atlantic States and, in Florida, is far more common than the Yellow Palm.
Washington, rare T.V., Apl. 22-May 18; Sept. 18-Oct. 11. Ossining. T.V., Apl. 29; Sept. 30-Oct. 12. Cambridge, uncommon T.V. in fall, Sept. 15-Oct. 10. N. Ohio, tolerably common T.V., Apl. 24-May 20; Sept. 10-Oct. 16. Glen Ellyn, common T.V., Apl. 23-May 19; Sept. 4-Oct. 18. SE. Minn., common T.V., Apl. 23; Sept. 17-Oct. 3.
Both races nest on the ground.
PRAIRIE WARBLER
Dendroica discolor. [Case 8], Fig. 48
A small Warbler with a reddish brown patch in the back, yellowish wing-bars, and much white in the tail. L. 4¾.
Range. Nests from Florida and northern Mississippi to Michigan and New Hampshire.