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 dered by white lines, and these framed in black, extending across forehead and sides of head. Wings dark, bars white, and small spots of white on tail. Rump and under parts rich yellow, the latter streaked with black across the breast and along the sides. Bill and feet dark.


 * Song:
 * Not particularly distinguishable.


 * Season:
 * Migrant, common the middle of May.


 * Breeds:
 * Breeding from northern New England, New York, and Michigan, to Hudson's Bay Territory.


 * Nest and eggs:
 * Warbler type.


 * Range:
 * Eastern North America to the base of the Rocky Mountains; in winter, Bahamas, Cuba, and Central America.

The Magnolia Warbler is one of the most gaily dressed of all his dainty family, and is quite easily identified by his distinet markings. It is only a migrant here, lodging with us a while in May, and passing through in autumn. But be sure to look for it in May, for in October it wears the duller travelling cloak with which Nature protects so many of her feathered children in their journey through the leafless trees.

 Chestnut-sided Warbler: Dendroica pensylvanica.

Dendroica pensylvanica.


 * Length: 
 * About 5 inches.


 * Male and Female:
 * Top of head yellow. Black stripe running through the eye, and a black spot in front of it. Back and wing coverts streaked black and yellow. Throat and breast white, with chestnut stripe starting at the black mustache and extending down the sides. Belly black; feet brown. Female less highly coloured.


 * Song:
 * "'Che-'che-'ch-'chéea."


 * Season:
 * First week in May to September. Also very plentiful in migrations.


 * Breeds:
 * From central Illinois, and probably northern Georgia northward.


 * Nest:
 * In bushes and low trees; when in the latter a forking branch is chosen. Nest on general plan of the Yellow Warbler's, but coarser and less woolly.


 * Eggs:
 * Some simply speckled; others prettily chained with chestnut.


 * Range:
 * Eastern United States and southern Canada; west to the Plains Visits the Bahamas and Central America in winter.

