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this species the cheeks are clear black and white and only 

 the top of the head is yellow ; the black throat, too, covers 

 only a small area, not extending down the sides, nor is the 

 Golden-winged Warbler found in pines. (See Fig. 22, p. 127.) 

 The songs of the two species and of the Black-throated 

 Blue have something of the same quality of tone, but differ 

 decidedly in form. The Black-throated Blue utters three 

 notes, the last two drawled, and generally with a rising 

 inflection. The song of the Golden-winged Warbler may be 

 written zee zee-zee-zee, the first note long, the next three a 

 bit lower and quicker. 



Blackburn ian Warbler. Dendroica blackbumice 

 5.25 



Ad. $ . — Crown and line under eye black ; back black, streaked 

 with gray ; wide bar on wing white ; throat, breast, and line over 

 eye bright reddish-orange ; sides of breast streaked with black ; 

 belly whitish. Ad. 9 . — Similar, but duller, yellow replacing the 

 orange, lm. — Similar to the female ; the back browner, the yel- 

 low paler. 



Nest, in evergreen trees, from ten to forty feet up. Eggs, 

 greenish-white, speckled or spotted, chiefly about the larger end, 

 w r ith reddish-brown. 



The Blackburnian Warbler is a migrant through south- 

 ern New England and the Hudson Valley, in May and Sep- 

 tember, rare in eastern New England, but fairly common 

 in western New England and in the Hudson Valley. Tt 

 breeds from the edge of the Canadian Zone northward, lo- 

 cally in deep hemlocks or pine woods at the southern border 

 of its range, commonly in the coniferous forests of the north. 



The song of the Blackburnian Warbler is characterized by 

 its extreme thinness ; one form resembles a very wiry Red- 

 start's song, but the commoner form, by which the bird may 

 always be recognized, may be described by the syllables wee, 

 see, see, see, zi, zi, zi, ending in the thinnest note imagin- 

 able. The singer is generally feeding high in thick ever- 



