102 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK 



Hooded Warbler. Wllsonia tnitrata 



5.67 



Ad. $. — Yove\xe?id. nw^ cheeks bright yellow ; top of head and 

 throat black, inclosing the yellow cheeks ; under parts yellow ; 

 back brown (olivaceous in strong light) ; outer tail-feathers white. 

 Ad. ^ and Im. — The black of tlie throat absent or inconspicuous. 



Nest, in a crotch of a bush or sapling about four feet up. 

 Eggs, white, spotted, generally about the larger end, with red- 

 dish-brown. 



The Hooded Warbler is a summer resident of southern 

 Connecticut and the lower Hudson Valley, arriving early in 

 May and leaving in August. It is locally common along 

 the Sound and in the Connecticut Valley, and in northern 

 New Jersey. At Englewood and at Fort Lee, Is^. J., 

 it frequents rich swampy woods, feeding either in the 



undergrowth, or in tall trees. In 

 southern Connecticut it seems to 

 prefer woods with extensive under- 

 growth of mountain laurel. It is 

 an active bird, and has a loud, 

 bright song. The song varies con- 

 siderably; in some forms the open- 

 ing notes have something of the 

 Fig. 10. Hooded Warbler ^viiji.ess and sweetness of the Field 



Sparrow's song, and are followed by notes with an upward 

 inflection, suggesting those of the Black and Yellow War- 

 bler. The alarm-note is a sharp chip. The male is unmis- 

 takable; the female may be known by her yellow forehead 

 and white outer tail-feathers. 



Yellow-breasted Chat. Icteria virens 



7.44 



Ad. — I'pper parts brown, tinged with green in strong light; 

 throat and breast rich yellow , eyelids, a line over the eye, and 

 another under the cheek white; line from eye to bill black; belly 

 white. 



