_Dendroica rara. Case 8, Figs. 46, 47_
The adult male will be recognized at sight, but
the female and young must be looked at sharply.
The whitish or yellowish line over the eye, in
connection with the white wing-bars make a fair
field-mark. L. 4-1/2.
_Range._ Nests from Texas and Alabama to Minnesota
and western New York; locally from North Carolina
to Delaware.
Washington, several records in May, one in fall.
N. Ohio, common S.R., Apl. 29-Sept. 20. Glen
Ellyn, not common, local S.R., May 8-Aug. 19. SE.
Minn., rare S.R.
A tree-top Warbler of deciduous forests, nesting from 25 to 60 feet
above the ground. Its song bears a marked resemblance to that of the
Parula and its call-note is said to be like the _tchep_ of the Myrtle
Warbler. The white eggs, heavily blotched with brown, are laid in May.