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Title: The warblers of North America
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945
Subjects: Wood warblers Birds
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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November 19, 1904 Chicago, 111 October 31, 1897 Ottawa, Ont November 3, 1888 Southern Ontario November 8, 1898 Oberlin, Ohio November 2, 1899 North River, P. E. I St. John, N. B October 15, 1888November 4, 1891 Southern Maine October 24, 1892October 22, 1899October 30, 1900October 29, 1900October 29, 1892November 20, 1891November 20, 1886 Central Massachusetts Central Connecticut Renovo, Pa New Providence, N. J Southeastern New York Germantown, Pa The Bird and its Haunts.—The Yellow Warbler was the first, theMyrtle, the second member of the genus Dendroica whose acquaint-ances I made in life. The experience is doubtljess not unusual for thisWarbler is so abundant, so generally distributed, and so conspicuous,that even as a migrant it cannot fail to attract the attention of anyone looking for birds. Furthermore, it appears to travel leisurely and,under certain conditions, often winters in numbers far north of thewinter home of the warblers which pass this- season in the UnitedStates.
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Figs. 3S, 36. Cape May Warbler 37,38. Olive Warbler 39-41. Yellow Warbler 42-44. Bryants Warbler 45-47. Black-throated Blue Warbler 48, 49. Myrtle Warbler Figs, so, 51. Audubons Warbler 52r54- Magnolia Warbler SSs56. Cerulean Warbler 57^59. Chestnut-sided Warbler 60,61. Bay-breasted Warbler 62-64. Blackpoll Warbler MYRTLE WARBLER 145 In the spring the Myrtle Warbler is often found in the woods,but in autumn it is rather a bird of bushy second growths, scrtibs,and hedgerows, where its characteristic tchip and the flash of itsyellow rump seem as much a part of the season as the peek ofWhite-throated Sparrows or twitter of Juncos. Especially is itto be found in numbers where the myrtle or bayberries—afterwhich it is named—flourish; the supply of these berries gener-ally determining the birds presence or absence, during the winter.At this season insects eggs or larvae are also eaten, the birdat times frequenting our homes to glean from the cocoons placedin sheltered crevices about our

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