Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange 



645. Nashville Warbler (Helminthopbila rubricapilla) . 

 L. 4.8. No wing-bars; no white in tail. Ad. <$. A 

 chocolate crown-patch; rest of head and cheeks bluish 

 gray; a white eye-ring; back olive-green; below bright 

 yellow. Ad. $. Similar, but little or no chocolate in 

 crown; yellow duller. Yng. Head brownish; under- 

 pays washed with brownish, particularly on throat 

 and flanks. Notes. Song, ke-tsee-ke-tsee-ke-tsee-cbip-ee. 

 chip-ee-chip-ee-chip, first half like Black and White 

 Warbler's, second half like Chipping Sparrow's. 

 (Langille.) 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds from southern New York, 

 Connecticut, and northern Illinois, north to Labrador and Hudson 

 Bav region; winters south of United States. 



645a. Calaveras Warbler (f-f. r. guttur alt's) . Sim- 

 ilar to No. 645, but rump brighter; underparts richer 



yellow. 



Range. — Western United States; breeds on high mountains, from 

 the Sierra Nevada to British Columbia, east to eastern Oregon, 

 northern Idaho; south in migration to Lower California and Mexico; 

 southeast to Texas. (Rldgw.) 



648. Parula Warbler [Compsotblypis americana). 

 L. 4.5; W. 2.3. Ad. <j\ Above grayish blue, a 

 yellamish patch in the back:, breast yellow washed with 

 chestnut and with an indistinct blackish band; belly, 

 wing-bars, spot near tip of outer tail-feathers white. 

 Ad. $. Paler, breast without black, sometimes no 

 chestnut. Notes. A short, little, guttural, lisping 

 trill. 



Range. — Breeds in south Atlantic and Gulf states east of Texas 

 north near the Atlantic coast to the District of Columbia and Mount 

 Carmel, Illinois (Brewst ); winters from Gulf States southward. 



648a. Northern Parula Warbler (C. a. usnece). 

 Similar to No. 648, but bill averaging slightly smaller, 

 the wing longer, 2.4; black breast-band averaging 

 wider; the chestnut wash stronger. 



Range. — Breeds in New England, New York and west along the 

 northern tier of states, north into Maritime Provinces and Canada; 

 winters from Gulf stales southward. 



649. Serine! t Warbler {Compsothlypis nigrilora). 

 L. 4.5. Similar to No. 648, but yellow below reaching 

 to belly; breast without black and with only a slight 

 brownish wash; lores and ear-coverts black. Notes. 

 Song probably resembles that of No. 648. 



Range.— Lower Rio Grande Valley south into eastern Mexico. 

 746. Verdin (Aurtparus flaviceps) . L. 4.2; W. 2.2; 

 T. 1.9. Ad. rj 1 . Head and throat yellow; forehead 

 usually with some concealed orange-brown; lesser 

 wing-coverts reddish chestnut; back brownish gray; 

 belly whitish. Ad.Q. Similar, but less yellow. 



Range. — Southern border of the United States and northern Mexico 

 from southernTexas to southern California; north to southwestern Utah 

 and southern Nevada. 



746a. Baird Verdin (A. f. lamprocephalus). Simi- 

 lar to No. 746, but tail shorter; wing somewhat short- 

 er; yellow of head brighter; W. 2.0; T. 1.6. (Ober- 

 holser. 



Range. — Lower California. 



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