106 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK 



half of September and in early October. In the swamps 

 about Fresh Pond in Cambridge, Mass., it is sometimes 

 common. In such places it feeds in the jewel-weed 

 (Impatiens), great masses of which grow in the wet soil. In 

 western Massachusetts it occurs in rather dry lanes. It is 

 more leisurely in its behavior than its relative the Northern 

 or Maryland Yellow-throat, and when disturbed often flies 

 to some low limb near by, where it sits quietly. An adult 

 in full plumage is rare, but the bird may always be distin- 

 guished from the female Northern Yellow-throat by its 

 throat, which is brownish where the other species is yellow, 

 and by its bright yellow under parts. If the bird is seen 

 at close range, a whitish eye-ring is visible. 



Kentucky Warbler. Geothlypis formosa 

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Ad. $. — Crown and stripe from bill along side of throat 

 black ; line over eye and under parts bright yellow ; back, wings, 

 and tail brown, tinged with greenish-yellow in strong light. 

 Ad. 9 • — Similar, but the black veiled with gray. 



Nest, of dried leaves on the ground. Eggs, white, spotted with 

 brown or reddish-brown. 



The Kentucky Warbler is a rather common, though local, 

 summer resident of the lower Hudson Valley as far north as 

 Sing Sing. It arrives early in May 

 and leaves late in August. It fre- 

 quents low damp woods, spending 

 most of its time on or near the 

 ground. Its song is loud and bright, 

 Fig. 12. Kentucky and resembles the syllables tiveedle, 

 Warbler tiveedle, tweedle. The Northern Yel- 



low-throat has been taken for the Kentucky Warbler ; the 

 yelloiv line over the eye is the distinguishing mark of the 

 latter. 



