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PARULA WAPtBLEE. 



Adult male. Upper parts blue; a brownish yellow patch in the middle of the 

 back; greater and lesser wing coverts tipped with white; outer tail feathers with 

 a white patch near the end; throat and breast yellow, more or less marked with 

 rufous, a rich brown or blackish band across the breast; belly white. 



Adult female. Similar, but duller, and the throat and back patches indistinct 

 or wanting. 



L., 4.75; W., 2.40; T., 1.75. 



Nest, generally among hanging mosses. Eggs, four or five, white, with reddish 

 brown spots, chiefly around the larger end. 



CAPE MAY WARBLEE. 



Adult male. Crown black, slightly tipped with greenish; ear coverts chestnut, 

 bounded behind by a large yellow patch on the side of the neck; back olive green, 

 broadly streaked with black ; rump yellow ; a large white patch on the wing coverts ; 

 outer tail feathers with a large white patch on their inner webs, near the tip; 

 under parts yellow, heavily streaked with black, lower belly and under tail coverts 

 whitish. 



Adult female. Upper parts grayish olive green; rump yellowish; a yellow 

 line over the eye; middle wing coverts with narrow white tips; outer tail feathers 

 with a white patch on their inner webs near the tip; under parts yellow, streaked 

 with black. 



L., 5.00; W., 2.60; T., 1.85. 



Nest, partially pensile, on a branch of a small tree in open woodland. Eggs, 

 three or four, dull white, slightly speckled and wreathed round the larger end 

 with spots of brown and lilac. 



YELLOW WAEBLER. 



Adult male. Upper parts greenish yellow; bright yellow on crown; wings 

 edged with yellow; tail dusky, the inner vanes of the feathers yellow; under parts 

 bright yellow streaked with reddish. 



Adult female. Upper parts uniform yellowish olive green, tail and wings as 

 in the male, under parts yellow, but slightly streaked. 



L., 5.25; W., 2.50; T., 2.00. 



Nest, in shrubs or low trees. Eggs, four or five, bluish white, spotted and 

 blotched with reddish brown. 



BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. 



Adult male. Upper parts slaty blue; wings and tail edged with blue; base of 

 the primaries white, forming a white spot on the wing at the end of the primary 

 coverts; inner vanes of outer tail feathers with a white patch near their tips; sides 

 of the head and throat black; breast and belly white. 



Adult female. Upper parts dull olive greenish, sometimes with faint bluish 

 shade, the white patch on outer feathers of tail sometimes scarcely distinguishable: 

 white at base of the primaries very much reduced; ear coverts dusky gray; under 

 parts soiled yellowish. 



L., 5.25; W.. 2.50; T., 2.25. 



Nest, in a bush near the ground. Eggs, four or five, white, dotted with 

 various shades of brown, chiefly at the larger end. 



