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Myrtle or Yellow-rumped Warbler
Adult male--Upper parts bluish gray, streaked with black; bright yellow on the crown and rump; cheeks black; throat and belly white; breast heavily marked with black, and with a yellow patch on either side; wings with two white bars.
Adult female--Similar, but the plumage is duller. Length--5.65.
Breeding Range--From the northern United States northward. (A. O. U. check list.)
The nest is composed of hemlock twigs and various soft vegetable fibres, lined with fine grass, feathers, and occasionally hair. It is placed usually within eight feet of the ground, in coniferous trees and sometimes bushes. The eggs, 3 to 5 in number, are white or whitish, spotted and blotched with light and dark purplish and reddish brown and lilac gray, sometimes wreathed round the larger end. Size--.70 x .54.
These unmistakable warblers, with their yellow patches, are found breeding principally in the large forests from Maine to northern Ohio. They usually choose somewhat damp places for their nesting purposes, but at other times they are found in scattered flocks throughout the more open country. The breeding season begins late in May.