_Dendroica discolor. Case 8, Fig. 48_
A small Warbler with a reddish brown patch in the
back, yellowish wing-bars, and much white in the
tail. L. 4-3/4.
_Range._ Nests from Florida and northern
Mississippi to Michigan and New Hampshire.
Washington, very common S.R., Apl. 12-Sept. 20.
Ossining, rare S.R., May 2-Sept. 14. Cambridge,
locally common S.R., May 8-Sept. 15. N. Ohio,
rare, Apl. 29, May 9, and 14.
Scrubby second growths, hillsides with scattered cedars and barberries,
and, sometimes, bushy places in the pines are the haunts of the
miscalled Prairie Warbler. Common and generally distributed in the
South, it is local in the North and not always found in districts which
seem to supply all its wants. Its song is composed of six or seven
minute _zees_, the next to the last one usually the highest. The nest is
generally built within 4 feet of the ground, the eggs, laid in May, are
white marked with shades of brown, often wreathed about the larger end.