THE WARBLERS 



We glimpse your dainty coat of olive-green, 

 Your breast and throat of shimmering yellow sheen 

 And mask of black, where ferns and bushes lean 



O'er sparkling streamlets, rimmed with many a reed, 

 And hung with brilliant golden jewel-weed. 

 Midst feathery spikes of meadow-sweet you speed. 



Your brooding mate you watch, as to and fro 

 You flit; and while the summer breezes blow 

 You sing your Witch-i-tee'-o, witch-i-tee'-o. 



4. THE HOODED WARBLER 



Length: About 5Vi> inches. 



Male: Forehead, cheeks, breast, and belly yellow; back of 

 crown and throat black, the two dark areas united 

 by a black line; mask yellow; back and rump olive; 

 wings and tail a dark grayish-olive; the outer tail- 

 feathers largely white on their inner webs. 



Female: Similar to male, but without the black hood; dark 

 edge to crown; breast faintly washed with black. 



Song: E. H. Eaton in his ''Birds of New York'' writes: "The 

 song of this warbler is one of the few which the au- 

 thor can hear with perfect distinctness and enjoy." 

 He adds that it is described by Langille as follows: 

 che-reek, che-reck, che-reek, chi-de-ee, the first three 

 with a loud, bell-like ring, the rest much accelerated 

 with a falling inflection." 



Habitat: Trees of deep woods. 



Range: Eastern United States, west to the Plains, north and 

 east to southern Michigan and Ontario, western and 

 southeastern New York, and southern New England: 

 in winter. West Indies, eastern Mexico, Central 

 America, and Pan-ama. 



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