MOURNING WARBLER 105 



MouRxiNG Warbler. Geothlyxj is Philadelphia 



5.G3 



Ad. $ . — Head and neck bluish-gray, mixed with black on the 

 throat ; breast black ; back, wings, and tail brown, tinged with green 

 in strong light ; belly bright yellow. 9 • — Head, neck, and breast 

 brown, or brownish-gray ; back, wings, tail, and belly as in $ . 



Nest, on or near the ground. Eggs, white, spotted with brown or 

 reddish-brown. 



The Mourning Warbler is a rare migrant through south- 

 ern and central New England and the Hudson Valley, occur- 

 ring late in May or early in June. In migration, the bird 

 frequents dry, bushy banks. On Mount Greylock in Massa- 

 chusetts, on the higher Catskills, and from central Vermont 

 and New Hampshire northward, the bird is a somewhat local 

 summer resident, nowhere very common. It frequents clear- 

 ings and burnt tracts, where in the thickets of mountain ma- 

 ple under fallen trees it searches for food, or utters its rather 

 striking song. It also sings from the tops of small trees, and 

 occasionally delivers an outburst in the air. The song may 

 be written thurree, thu7'ree, thurree, generally followed by 

 two or three lower notes. Whether the accent is on the first 

 or second syllable is hard to tell, but a throaty quality, and 

 the presence of the letter r, characterize the song, and a 

 glance at the gray, black, and yellow of the singer identifies 

 him at once. 



CoxisrECTicuT Warbler. Geothlypis agilis 



5.40 



Ad. $ . — Head, neck, and upper breast ash-gray ; ring around 

 eye white ; back, wings, and tail brown, tinged with greenish-yel- 

 low in strong light ; belly bright yellow. Ad. 9 and Tm. — Upper 

 parts, wings, and tail brown, tinged with greenish-yellow in strong 

 light ; throat and upper breast brownish ; rest of under parts yel- 

 low ; ring around eye brownish-white. 



The Connecticut Warbler is a rare fall migrant through 

 New England and the Hudson Valley, occurring in the latter 



