myrtle warbler

noun

1. yellow-rumped warbler

Word History and Origins

Origin of myrtle warbler¹

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

Phoebes and myrtle warblers stake out the sun-warmed branches of the trees, and greedily snap up unwitting pollinators.

From New York Times

In Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, at least a thousand myrtle warblers could be seen in migration during former years; in 1958, after the spraying of the elms, observers could find only two.

From Literature

I have seen cedar waxwings and myrtle warblers harvesting these slim pickings as the last days of February mellow into more bountiful March.

From New York Times

Until recently the East and West Coast populations of the yellow-rumped warbler were segregated into two closely related but separate species, Audubon’s warbler on the West Coast and the myrtle warbler in the east.

From New York Times

Feeding on these the myrtle warblers should be spicy, sprightly creatures, full of quaint romance, as indeed they are.

From Project Gutenberg