128 BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



The locality was a moist situation, overgrown with young trees and 

 bushes. Their short lisping note, repeated four times, was easily 

 distinguished." 



The Golden-winged Warbler is a common species during the spring 

 migration in Wabash county, Illinois, and in adjacent counties of 

 Indiana, and it is hardly, if at all, less rare in fall. 



Helminthophila ruficapilla (Wils.) 



IASHVILLE WARBLER. 



Sylvia ruficapilla WILS. Am. Orn. iii, 1811. 120, pi. 27, fig. 3. AUD. Orn. Biog. i, 1832, 450, pi. 



891 



Helmintkophagaruficapilla BAIKD, B. N. Am. 1838,256; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859,.No. 183; Review, 

 1864, 175. COUES. Key, 1872, 94; Check List, 1873, No. 67; 2d ed. 1882, No. 106; B. N. W. 

 1874,50; B. Col. Val. 1878. 224. B. B. '.R. Hist. N. Am. B. i, 1874, 196, pi. 11, fig. 7. 

 RIDGW. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, No. 85. 



ffelminthophila ruficapilla RIDGW. Bull Nutt. Orn. Club, vii. 1882, 54. 

 Sylvia rubricapilla WILS. Am. Orn. vi, 1812, 15 (index). NUTT. Man. i, 1882, 412. 

 Helinaia rubricapilla AUD. Synop. 1839, 70; B. Am. ii. 1841, 103, pi. 113. 



HAB. Nearly the whole of North America, but rather irregularly distributed in the 

 West; breeding on higher mountain ranges within the United States (south in the Sierra 

 Nevada to at least 38j*. but chiefly northward (south to Massachusetts). Winters chiefly 

 in Mexico. Casual in Greenland. 



"Sp. CHAB. Head and neck above and on sides ash-gray, the crown with a patch of 

 concealed dark brownish-orange hidden by ashy tips to the feathers. Upper parts olive- 

 green, brightest on the rump. Under parts generally, with the edge of the wing, deep 

 yellow; the anal region paler; the sides tinged with olive. A broad yellowish white 

 ring round the eye; the lores yellowish; no superciliary stripe. The inner edges of the 

 tail-feathers margined with dull white. Female similar, but duller; the under parts paler 

 and with more white; but little trace of the red of the crown. Length, 4.65; wing. 2.42; 

 tail, 2.05." (Hist. N. Am. J5.) 



"First plumage: Female. Remiges, rectrices, etc., as in adult. Two conspicuous wing- 

 bands of bright buff. Pileum and nape light ashy, tinged with fulvous. Back ashy, just 

 touched with green; rump bright olive-green. Supra-orbital line, ring around eye, and 

 the throat, bright buff. Lores, maxillary line, and auriculars pale ashy. Breast and cris- 

 sum gamboge-yellow, each feather tipped with whitish, producing a somewhat hoary ap- 

 pearance. Abdomen pale yellow; sides dull cinnamon, with a shade of ashy. From a 

 specimen in my collection taken at Upton, Me., August 14, 1873. A full series of specimens 

 illustrates well the progressive stages. The fall plumage in very Quickly acquired by 

 young of this species." (BREWSTEB, Bull Nutt. Orn. Club, Apr. 1878, p. 57.) 



The Nashville Warbler is a rather common bird during the migrat- 

 ing seasons, and breeds in the extreme northern counties of the 

 State. In its general habits this species is much like the other 

 members of the genus, living among the undergrowth in open woods 

 or among bushes in cleared places, and building its nest upon the 

 ground. The song is said to resemble that of the Chestnut-sided 



* The western bird is now recognized as a distinct race, H. ruficapilla gutturalis Ridgw. 

 (Hist. N. Am. L. i, p. 191.) 



