FAM. VII. WOOD IVARBLERS 



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Swainson's Warbler 



Length, 5i ; wing, 2| (2|-3) ; tail, 2i ; tarsus, f ; culmen, h Eastern 

 United States, north to Virginia and southern Michigan ; south in winter 

 to northern South America ; breed- 

 ing throughout its United States 

 range. 



o. Swainson's Warbler (638. 

 He I i n h i a s w a f nsdnii). — A 

 brownish warbler, with whitish 

 under parts, inclined to yellow 

 on the middle, and grayish on » 

 the sides. This ground warbler 

 of the Southern States is a 

 beautiful singer of loud, rich, yet tender notes of most pene- 

 trating quality. 



Length, 6; wing, 2^; tail, 1'; tarsus, J; culmen, |. Southeastern 

 United States, north to southern Virginia and southeastern Mi.ssouri, and 

 south in winter to central Mexico. 



4. Worm-eating Warbler (639. Hehnltherus vennivorus). — An 

 olive-green-backed and creamy -bellied warbler, wdth a buffy 



head, distinctly marked wath 

 four black lines, two on the 

 crown and two through the 

 eyes ; no white on back, wings, 

 or tail, all being of about the 

 same shade of olive-green. A 

 rare, shy bird, found usually 

 in the dense undergrowth of 

 Worm-eating Warbler ^O^^led hills and ravines. 



Length, o\ ; wing, 2| (2|-2|) ; 

 tail, 2i ; tarsus, f ; culmen, f . Eastern United States north to southern 

 New England ; west to Nebraska and Texas ; in winter south to northern 

 South America. 



5. Bachman's Warbler (6-tO. Hebninthophila hachmdnii). — A 

 rare, southern warbler, having forehead, throat, and belly yel- 

 low, with a large conspicuous patch of black on the breast ; 

 the rest of the bird bright olive-green, shading to grayish on the 

 wings, and with a white-blotched tail. Female with the yellow 



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