_Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea. Case 6, Fig. 61_
Underparts bright yellow streaked with reddish
brown; cap reddish brown; line over the eye
yellow. L. 5-1/4.
_Range._ Nests from Maine northward; winters from
North Carolina to the Florida Keys; west to
Louisiana.
Washington, T.V., common. Mch. 31-Apl. 29; Sept.
4-Oct. 28. Ossining, tolerably common T.V., Apl.
11-May 5; Sept. 20-Nov. 8. Cambridge, usually
common, sometimes abundant, T.V., Apl. 15-May 5;
Oct. 1-15.
A tail-wagging Warbler that frequents bushy places, weedy fields and
open pine woods and gardens, living near the ground where it may be
easily seen. Its call-note, _chip_, is distinctive and one learns in
time to recognize it. Its song is a trill, clear and sweet, but by no
means loud.
The Palm Warbler (_D. p. palmarum_) is the Mississippi Valley form of
the Atlantic coast race, from which it differs in having the line over
the eye white instead of yellow; the yellow of the underparts paler and
confined to the throat and breast. It is not infrequent during the fall
migration in the North Atlantic States and, in Florida, is far more
common than the Yellow Palm.
Washington, rare T.V., Apl. 22-May 18; Sept.
18-Oct. 11. Ossining. T.V., Apl. 29; Sept. 30-Oct.
12. Cambridge, uncommon T.V. in fall, Sept.
15-Oct. 10. N. Ohio, tolerably common T.V., Apl.
24-May 20; Sept. 10-Oct. 16. Glen Ellyn, common
T.V., Apl. 23-May 19; Sept. 4-Oct. 18. SE. Minn.,
common T.V., Apl. 23; Sept. 17-Oct. 3.
Both races nest on the ground.