Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange 



53 1. Lawrence Goldfinch (Astragalinus lawrencei). 

 L. 4.7. Ad. tf. Crown, throat ana front of cheeks 

 black; body gray] breast, rump, wings and, to a less de- 

 gree, back with yellow; outer tail feathers with large 

 white spots near the end. Ad. ?. Similar, but no 

 black, back browner and without yellow. Notes. 

 Suggesting those of the Goldfinch, but weaker. 



Range — California, west of the Sierra; breeds from northern Lower 

 California north to Chico, California; winters to Arizona and New 

 Mexico. 



642. Golden-winged Warbler (Helminthophila chrv- 

 soptera). L. 5. Ad. <$. Crown yellow, wing-bars 

 broadly yellow; above bluish gray; below grayish 

 white; throat-patch and eye-stripe black. Ad. $. 

 Crown duller; throat-patch and eye-stripe gray. Notes. 

 Song, a lazy ^ee-^ee-^ee-^ee all on same note. 



Range. — Eastern United States; breeds from northern New Jersey 

 and northern Indiana north to Vermont, southern Ontario, and Mich- 

 igan, and south along Alleghanies to South Carolina; winters In Cen- 

 tral America. 



678. Connecticut Warbler (Geotli lifts agilis). L. 

 5.5. Eye-ring white; no white in wings or tail. Ad. 

 c?\ Crown and cheeks bluish slate; throat and breast 

 paler, the latter with no black; above olive-green; be- 

 low yellow, sides greenish. Ad. 9 and Yng. Throat 

 and breast olive brown; belly yellow; back brownish 

 olive-green; crown browner. Notes. Call, a sharp 

 peek; song, suggesting that of Maryland Yellowthroat 

 and also that of Ovenbird, free-chapple, free-chapple,free- 

 chapple, whoit. (Seton.) 



Range.— Eastern North America, north to Maine and Manitoba; 

 known to breed only in Manitoba; winters in northern South America. 



679. Mourning Warbler {Geothlypis Philadelphia). 

 L. 5.4. No white in wings or tail. Ad. <$. No white 

 eye-ring; crown and cheeks bluish slate; throat black- 

 ish; breast black more or less veiled by slaty; belly 

 yellow; back olive-green. Ad. 9- Head slaty; throat 

 and breast grayish; an inconspicuous white eye-ring. 

 Yng. Similar, but browner above; throat more yellow. 

 Notes. Song, clear and whistled, tee te-o te-o te-o we-se, 

 the last couplet accented and much higher pitched. 

 (Jones.) 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds from northern New Eng- 

 land, northern New York and eastern Nebraska north to Nova Scotia 

 and Manitoba, and south along the Alleghanies to West Virginia; 

 winters in Central and South America. 



680. Macgillivray Warbler {Geothlvpis tolmiei). 

 L. 5.4. Ads. Similar to No. 679, but with an incom- 

 plete white eye-ring showing above and below eye, 



Range. — Western North America from the Rocky Mountains to the 

 Pacific; breeds from western Texas and mountains of southern Cal- 

 ifornia north to British Columbia; in migrations ranges east to Ne- 

 braska and middle Texas; winters in Mexico and Central America. 



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