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C. A clear yellow line extending from the bill over the eye and curv- 

 ing round back of the eye ; under parts bright yellow 



32. Kentucky Warbler. 



C. On account of the very short tail and the yellowish tint to the olive 



of the head, see 10. Tennessee Warbler. 



D. Head, neck, and throat bluish-gray {male) ; head and neck grayish 



(female) ; no white ring around eye ; belly yellow 



34. Mourning Warbler. 



D. Top and sides of head bluish-gray, changing to olive-green on the 

 back (or in Xh^ female only sides of head brownish-gray) ; breast yel- 

 low changing to nearly white on the lower belly 



8. Nashville Warbler. 



D. A large black breast patch surrounded by yellow (male); bend of 

 wing yellow (female) ; crown black (male) ; grayish (female) ; 



Gulf States, accidental in Virginia 5. Bachman's Warbler. 



E. Bluish-gray above with a golden-green patch in the 



middle of the back ; two white wing bars * 



11. Parula Warbler. 



E. Rictus without evident bristles (less than J^ long 



if any) ; bill very acute.* (K. ) 

 E. Rictus with evident bristles ; bill usually not veiy acute 

 and usually with a slight notch near tip." (F.) 

 P. Wing bars or wing patch white. (H.) 

 F. Wing bars if present not white (sometimes in the young 5 



yellowish- white). (G.) 

 G. Wing bars yellowish and belly yellow (young have the wing bars 

 very indistinct) ; back usually spotted with chestnut ; wing. 2 [ or 



less 28. Prairie Warbler. 



G. Wing bars yellow (yellowish- white in young) ; belly pure white ; 



sides usually with more or less chestnut 



19. Chestnut-sided Warbler. 



G. Wing bars brownish and inconspicuous ; white blotches square and 

 on the tips of the under tail feathers ; crown more or less dis- 

 tinctly marked with chestnut 27. Palm Warbler. 



G. Wing bars inconspicuous ; whole under parts pale yellow ; back 



ashy without any tint of green or olive ; wing, '2\ or more 



25. Kirtland's Warbler. 



H. Rump and crown patch yellow (crown patch somewhat obscure in 



winter) ; sides of breast also general! j' yellow ; throat vhite 



15. Myrtle Warbler ; throat yellow 16. Audubon's Warbler. 



H. Rump and belly yellow ; white blotches on the middle of nearly all 



the tail feathers ; crown not yellow, usually clear ash 



17. Magnolia Warbler. 



H. Rump and sides of neck usually yellow ; bill very acute and dis- 

 tinctly decurved near the tip 12. Cape May Warbler. 



H. Rump not yellow ; bill not very acute. (I.) 



