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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



able in their taunting, mocking, and ventriloquistic qualities. 

 When disturbed in its medley, it merely repeats the complain- 

 ing call notes of chftt chut. 



Length, 1{ ; wing, 3 (2|- 

 3^) ; tail, 3J ; culmen, ^. 

 United States from tlie Plains 

 eastward ; breeding north to 

 Ontario, and wintering south 

 to Central America. 



.■>7. Hooded "Warbler 

 (0.S4. iSi/lruiiid initiata). — 

 A beautiful, black-hooded, 

 ol i V e - g r e e n - bac ked, yel- 

 low - l)ellied. flycatching 

 warbler with yellow fore- 

 head and cheeks, and al- 

 most completely white 

 under tail feathers. The 

 hood is made up of a crown 

 l)iece connected on the sides of the neck with a large throat 

 patcli. Tlie female has a less distinctly outlined hood. This 

 is a restless bird, gen- 

 erally found among 

 the lower trees 

 liigher shrubs 

 dense wet woods, 

 is a sweet singer. 



Length, 5i ; win 

 (2J-2J); tail, 2^; 



Yellow-breasted Chat 



men. 



United States 



Hooded Warbler 



from the Plains eastward ; 



breeding from the Gulf 



of Mexico northward to 



southern New England and southern Michigan, and wintering south of 



the United States to Tentral America. 



38. Wilson's Warbler (G85. SylcCinia j^nslUn). — X yeWow- 

 faced, bright olive-green-backed, yellow-bellied, flycatching war- 



