Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange 



650. Cape May Warbler {Dendroica tigrina). L. 

 5.1. Ad. rf'. Ear-coverts and wash on throat chest- 

 nut; crown blackish; back olive-green with black spots; 

 below yellow streaked with black; wing-coverts broad- 

 ly white; outer tail-feathers with white. Ad. 9 and 

 Yng. rf. Duller; crown like back; no chestnut. Yng. 

 9. Above olive-gray; below whitish faintly tinged 

 with yellow; wing-bars narrow. Notes. Song, a wiry 

 "a-wit, a wit, a-wit, a-wit, repeated. (Butler.) 



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

 land, rarely, and Manitoba north to Hudson Bay region; winters south 

 of United States. 



652. Yellow Warbler {Dendroica cestiva). L. 5.1. 

 Inner vanes of tail-feathers yellow. Ad. rf. Crown 

 yellow, back bright yellowish green: below yellow 

 thickly streaked with reddish brown. Ad. 9 and Yng. 

 cf . Duller above, crown like back; below much paler, 

 few or no streaks. Yng. 9- Similar to last but still 

 duller. Notes. Song, a rather loud wee-ckee, clue, chee, 

 cher-wee, variable in form but recognizable in tone. 



Range. — North America, except Alaska, Pacific coast from Van- 

 couver north, and southwestern United States, (western Texas to 

 Arizona. (Ridgw.); breeds throughout most of its range, and win- 

 ters in Central and South America. 



652a. Sonora Yellow Warbler (D. ce. sonorana). 

 Similar to No. 652, but cf much yellower, less green 

 above, the crown and rump bright yellow; below 

 brighter yellow, reddish brown streaks narrower, fewer 

 sometimes almost wanting. Ad. ?. Similar to Ad. 

 9 of No. 652, but grayer above and whiter below. 



Range. — Northern Mexico; breeding north to western Texas and 

 southern Arizona; winters south of United States. 



652b. Alaskan Yellow Warbler (D. ce. rubiginosd). 



Similar to No. 652, but cf darker above, the crown of 

 about the same color as back; 9 duller. 



Range. — Breeds on Pacific coast from Vancouver northward and in 

 Alaska; winters south of United States. 



653. Mangrove Warbler (Dendroica bryanti castan- 

 eiceps). L. 5. Inner vanes of tail-feathers yellow. 

 Ad. c?. Whole head reddish chestnut; back olive- 

 green; below yellow lightly streaked with reddish 

 brown. Ad. 9- Olive-green above; yellow below. 



Range. — Cape Region of Lower California and Pacific coast of Cen- 

 tral America and Mexico. 



672. Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum). L. 5.2. 

 No white wing-bars; tail patches white. Ads. Crown 

 dark chestnut; line over eye, throat, and breast yellow; 

 breast and sides with reddish brown streaks; telly 

 much paler, often grayish washed with yellow; back 

 olive-brown; rump Drighter. Ad. in Winter and Yng. 

 No crown-patch; above grayish olive-brown indis- 

 tinctly streaked; rump yellowish; below grayish white 

 washed with yellow and streaked with brownish; 

 under tail-coverts bright yellow. Notes. Call, a recog- 

 nizable chip; song, a short, simple trill. 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds in interior of British Amer- 

 ica west of Hudson Bay; migrates south through Mississippi Valley 

 and rarely north Atlantic States; winters in Florida and West Indies. 



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