Warbler WESTERN BIRDS 



(four and one-half inches long), having the forehead 

 orange, rather than yellow, and the rest of plumage 

 deeper, and richer. 



It breeds from Alaska through eastern Oregon and 

 eastern California to mountains of New Mexico and 

 western Texas; winters south to Panama; casual in 

 Minnesota and Missouri. 



In habits this bird seems not to differ essentially from 

 Wilson's, except that it is recorded as nesting from ten 

 inches to two feet from the ground in bushes or low 

 evergreen trees, as well as directly on the ground. 



Chapman records the song as given by Minot as 

 Chee-chee-chee-chee (or this syllable repeated several 

 times), thus different from their song as I recall it in 

 the east. Certain low querulous notes are indescrib- 

 able. 



GENUS WILSONIA : GOLDEN PILEO- 

 LATED WARBLER. 



Golden Pileolated Warbler: Wilsonia pusilla 

 chryseola. 



FAMILY— WOOD WARBLERS. 



This subspecies is a bird of the Pacific coast, breed- 

 ing on the coastal slope from southern British Columbia 

 to southern California, being casual in migration in 

 eastern Oregon and Arizona, and wintering south of our 

 country. 



It differs from the Pileolated in being smaller and a 

 brighter yellow. To the casual observer they are alike. 



In southern California it is one of the first Warblers 

 to arrive, staying late in the fall, and sometimes all 

 winter long. It and the Lutescents are the first to visit 

 my garden, coming early in March, and rarely in Febru- 



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