FAM. VII. WOOD WARBLERS 



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with white wing bars and heWj. This bird generally has a 

 darkish, more or less reddish band across the breast. The 

 greenish-yellow of the back forms a central patch. The female 

 sometimes lacks the dark-reddish breast band. (Blue Yellow- 

 backed Warbler.) 



Length, 4| ; wing, 2\ (2i-2|) ; tail, If; cuhnen, |. United States 

 from the Plains eastward, north to Canada ; breeding throughout, and 

 wintering from Gulf States south to eastern Mexico and West Indies. 

 Sennett's Warbler (G49. Compsot/thjpis niijrildra), of western Texas, 

 southward, is a similar bird, but the parula has a white spot on each 

 eyelid, which is lacking in Sennett's warbler ; and in front of the eyes 

 (lores) of the parula there is a dusky spot. In Sennett's warbler this 

 spot is intensely black, and this black cro.sses the front of the head just 

 above the bill. 



12. Cape May Warbler (650. Dendrdica (dr^-ca) tigrhid). — A 

 rare but beautiful warbler, with black-streaked, olive-green 

 back, chestnut cheeks, black crown, and yellow rump; the 

 under parts are yellow, heavily streaked with black, but 

 changing to white 

 on the crissum. The 

 wing coverts form a 

 large white patch, 

 and the under tail 

 feathers have white 

 patches near the tips 

 on the inner webs. 

 Thefemcde lacks the 

 white wing patch, 

 but has a narrow, 

 white wing bar ; the 

 back is somewhat 

 grayish, the rump less yellow, but there is a yellow line over 

 the eye. The young female has almost no yellow below. This 

 is a warbler of the tree tops. 



Length, 5[ ; wing, 2| (2|-2^) ; tail, 2; culmen, |, North America 

 from the Plains eastward, north to Hudson Bay Territory ; breeding 

 from northern Xew England northward, and wintering in the West Indies. 

 apgar's birds. — 6 



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