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Range (Eastern North America breeds) (XXXXV)

Eastern North America; breeds from Nova Scotia northward east of Hudson Bay; migrates southward through the Atlantic States, and winters in the Gulf States.

Washington, common T. V., Mch. 28 to Apl. 29; Oct. Sing Sing, tolerably common T. V., Apl. 11 to May 5; Sept. 20 to Nov. 8. Cambridge, abundant T. V., Apl. 15 to May 5; Oct. 1 to 15.

Nest, of rather coarse grasses lined with finer grasses, on or near the ground. Eggs, four to five, white or buffy white, with some distinct and obscure cinnamon- or olive-brown markings, chiefly at the larger end, 65 × 51. The Red-poll is a renegade Dendroica. He has no liking for the wood, and even trees in the open do not seem to attract him. His tastes bring him to fields and roadsides, where he lives on or near the ground, but is ever active and much on the move. During the winter in the south he is a common bird in the streets and gardens of towns, and like a Chippy hops familiarly about piazzas.

He has the same nervous peculiarity which, irrespective of family, seems to affect some birds, and, as though life were a matter of beating time, never ceases to wag his tail. His fine chip is recognizable after one has become familiar with it, while his song is described as a simple trill. 673. Dendroica discolor (Vieill.). PRAIRIE WARBLER. (Fig. 103.) Ad. 8.-Upper parts bright olive-green; back spotted with chestnut-rufous; wing-bars yellowish; outer tail-feathers with large white patches at their tips, WOOD WARBLERS. the outer vane of the outer feather white at the base; a yellow line over the eye; lores and a crescent below the eye black; under parts bright yellow; sides heavily streaked with black. Ad. 2.-Similar, but with less, and sometimes no chestnut-rufous in the back. Im. - Upper parts uniform ashy olivegreen; no apparent wing-bars; outer tail-feathers with white on their inner webs at the tips; ear-coverts ashy; under parts yellow; sides indistinctly streaked with blackish. L., 475; W., 2.20; T., 1.95; B. from N., 28.