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Range (Southern United States breeds)

Southern United States; breeds as far north as Virginia; winters from Florida southward; accidental in New York and Massachusetts. Washington, rare S. R., rather common in late July; may breed. Nest, of twigs, strips of bark, and Tillandsia "moss," lined with vegetable down, thirty to forty feet from the ground, in pines or live-oaks, sometimes in a bunch of Tillandsia "moss." Eggs, four to five, white or grayish white, with numerous distinct and obscure cinnamon- or olive-brown markings, sometimes evenly distributed, sometimes in a wreath at the larger end, 74 x 52.

Some birds are so characteristic of certain places that wherever heard or seen they recall their accustomed haunts. I have only to remember the song of the Yellow-throated Warbler to give form to a mental picture of some tree-bordered stream or bayou in the south. The song bears some resemblance to that of the Indigo Bunting, but has a wilder, more ringing quality. It is to some extent ventriloquial, and this in connection with the rather deliberate movements of the birds, and the fact that they resort to the upper branches, makes it sometimes difficult to locate the singer. 663a. D. d. albilora Ridgw. SYCAMORE WARBLER.-Similar to the preceding, but with a smaller bill and the line in front of the eye white instead of yellow. W., 2.60; T., 2.00; B., 45.