THE WARBLERS 



Central America; migrates through the Alleghanies; 

 practically unknown from Virginia to Louisiana. 



THIS attractive little warbler with its black cap might 

 easily be confused with the goldfinch by a begin- 

 ner in bird-study. The olive-green back, wings, and tail 

 differentiate it. Unlike the goldfinch, it is not a resident, 

 but a traveler to northern forests where it breeds. It 

 journeys enormous distances. 



"It appears very irregularly, some years in great abun- 

 dance and some seasons not at all." ^ 



6. THE BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER 



Length: About 5 inches. 



Male : Olive-green above ; dull black patch below eye, encircled 

 with a broad rim of yellow; throat and breast black, 

 becoming yellowish-white on the belly; sides streaked 

 with black; wings with two whitish bars; tail with 

 outer feathers largely white. 



Female: Similar to male; black of throat and breast mottled 

 with yellow, streaks on sides less conspicuous. 



Song": An insect-like trill, zee-zee? ze-ze-zee? 



Habitat: Coniferous woods preferably. 



Range: North America, from central Canada to northern Ohio 

 and Long Island and in the Alleghany Mts., to 

 Georgia and South Carolina; winters from Mexico to 

 Panama. 



FOR three summers I heard the persistent buzzing of 

 this little Black-throat in the Maine woods before I 

 was able to catch more than a fleeting glimpse of him. 

 He is very shy and elusive. An opportunity to see this 



1 "Birds of New York"— Eaton. 



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