FAM. VII. WOOD WARBLERS 



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below the eye, and another on the breast, with two conspic- 

 uous white stripes, a narrow one above the eye j)atch and a 

 wider one between 

 the eye and breast 

 patches. Upper parts 

 grayish, below white. 

 The under tail feath- 

 ers blotched with 

 white. Female with 

 the head less dis- 

 tinctly marked, and 



with grayish instead 



p , , -. , . , Golden-winged Warbler 



of black. An insect- 

 eating creeper in the lower growths at the borders of woods. 



Length, 5 ; wing, 2.V ; tail, 2 ; culmen, I. Eastern United States north 

 to southern New England and southern Minnesota ; breeding from its 

 northern limit south to New Jersey and Indiana, and in the mountains to 

 South Carolina. In winter south to northern South America. The last 

 two species are supposed to interbreed and form two named hybrids, 

 Brewster's Warbler (//. Intcoln-onch talis) and Lawrence's Warbler (^. 

 lawrencei). The former has broad yellow wing bars and white breast, 

 the latter white bars and a black throat patch. Different specimens show 

 great variety of plumage, but all are intermediate between Xos. 6 and 7. 

 The Key, page 74, gives other facts about these puzzling birds. 



8. Nashville Warbler (645. Helminthdphila rubrkapilui). — 

 An olive-green-backed warbler, with all the lower parts bright 

 yellow, lighter on the belly. The top and sides of the head are 



gray, with a more or less concealed 

 chestnut patch on the crown. Xo 

 white bars on wing or white blotches 

 on tail. The young are duller and 

 have brownish washings on head, 

 back, and sides. An inhabitant of 

 open woods and fields. 



Length, 4| ; wing, 2| (2i-2i) ; tail, IJ ; 

 culmen, |. From the Plains eastward and northward to the fur coun- 

 tries ; breeding from the northern United States northward, and wintering 

 as far south as Central America. 



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Nashville Warbler 



