Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange 



686. Canadian Warbler {Wilsonia canadensis). 

 L. 5.6. No white in wings or tail. Ad. rf. A neck- 

 lace of black spots on breast; back gray; belly yellow; 

 forehead black. Ad. 9 and Yng. tf. Black areas 

 smaller. Yng. 9. Slightly yellowish above; necklace 

 slightly indicated by dusky spots. Notes. Song, tu-tu, 

 tswe, tu, tu, longer or shorter and suggesting in style of 

 utterance both he Yellow Warbler and Goldfinch. 

 (Jones.) (Seepage 190.) 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds from Massachusetts, cen- 

 tral New York, and northern Michigan north to Labrador and Manito- 

 ba, and south along the Alleghanies to North Carolina; winters In 

 Central and South America. 



640. Bachman Warbler {Helminthophilabachmanii). 

 L. 4.2. Outer tail-feathers usually with a white patch 

 more or less distinct. Ad. ^ . Breast-patch and 

 crown-band black; forehead, chin and belly yellow; 

 back olive-green, hindhead grayish. Ad. 9. Above 

 grayish olive-g r een, head grayer; below dingy grayish 

 with a yellow tinge. Notes. Song, when migrating, re- 

 sembles that of Parula Warbler, (Brewster); when 

 breeding, that of Worm-eating Warbler, Junco or 

 Chippy. (WiJmann). 



Range.— Southeastern United States, west to Louisiana, north to 

 Virginia and southern Indiana; rare on Atlantic coast; known to breed 

 onlv in Missouri; winters south of United States. 



641. Blue-winged Warbler {Helminthophila pinus). 

 L. 4.8. Ad. cf- Crown and underparts yellow; back 

 olive-green; a black stripe through eye; two whitish 

 wing-bars; outer tail-feathers with white patches. Ad. 

 9. Similar, less yellow on head, duller below. Notes. 

 Song, a wheezy, swee-chee, the first inhaled, the second 

 exhaled; also, later, wee, chi-chi-chi-chi, chilr, ckee-chur. 



Range.— Eastern United States; breeds north to southern Connecti- 

 cut and Minnesota, occasionally wanders to Massachusetts; winters 

 south of United States. 



670. Kirtland Warbler {Dendroica hirtlandi). L. 

 5.7. Ad. cf. Above bluish gray streaked with black; 

 below pale yellow, sides streaked with black; wing- 

 bars grayish; tail-patches white. Ad. 9- Similar, 

 but browner. Notes. Song, said to resemble that of 

 Maryland Yellow-throat and also that of Yellow-throat- 

 ed Warbler. 



Range. — Eastern United States; has been found from April to Oc- 

 tober in United States as follows: in Florida, South Carolina, Virgin- 

 la, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, and On- 

 tario, in all some twenty odd specimens; found breeding in summer 

 of 1905 in Oscoda County, Michigan; winters in Bahamas where 

 some fifty specimens have been taken. 



67 1. Pine Warbler {Dendroica vigorsii). L. 5.5. 

 Ad. cf. Throat and breast greenish yellow; above 

 bright yellowish green; wing-bars and tail-patches 

 white. Ad. 9- Similar, but breast duller, back 

 browner. Yng. tf. Similar to Ad. cf, but browner. 

 Yng. 9- Below huffy white, breast slightly or not all 

 yellowish; back olive-brown. Notes. Song, sug- 

 gesting a Chipping Sparrow's but more musical. 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds from Gulf States north to 

 New Brunswick, Minnesota, and Manitoba; winters from Virginia and 

 southern Illinois to Gulf States. 



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