Perching Birds Marked With Yellow '\ /• Orange. 



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63 7. Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea). 

 L. 5.5. Tail-feathers with large white areas. Ad. tf. 

 Whole head and underparts orange-yellow; back 

 greenish yellow; rump gray. Ad. ?. Crown green- 

 ish like back; yellow paler; belly whitish; less white in 

 tail. Notes. Call, a sh lrp, metallic chink; song, a 

 "high pitched, penetrating and startling" "peet, tsweet, 

 tsweet, tsweet, tsweet, tsweet.'''' (Jones.) 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds from the Gulf States north 

 to Virginia, Ohio, and southern Minnesota; winters in uie tropics. 



65 1. Olive Warbler {Dendroica olivacea). L. 5.2. 

 Ad. rj\ Head and breast orange brown, a black band 

 through the eye; back olive-gray; belly grayish; wing- 

 bars white; outer tail-feathers largely white. Ad. 9. 

 Above olive-gray, head yellower; eye- band dusky; 

 breast yellow; belly white. Notes. Song, a liquid quirt 

 quirt, quirt, in a descending scale. (Price.) 



Range. — Highlands of Guatemala and Mexico north to mountains of 

 Arizona and New Mexico. 



662, Blackburnian Warbler {Dendroica blackbur- 

 nuv)~. L. 5.2. Ad. cf. Throat, line over eye, center 

 of crown, and sides of neck bright orange; back black 

 with a few whitish streaks; wing-bars broadly white; 

 tail-spots white. Ad. ?. Yellow areas paler; above 

 grayish streaked with blackish. Yng. and Ad. in Win- 

 ter. Similar to Ad. ?, but throat paler, back browner; 

 wing with two distinct bars. Notes. Song, wee-see-wee- 

 see, t\ee-tsee, tsee, tsee-tsee, tsee f tsee, in an ascending 

 scale",' the last shrill and fine. 



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

 land (and in Berkshire and Worcester counties, Massachusetts), 

 and northern Minnesota, north to Labrador and Hudson Bay region, 

 (and south in Alleghanies to South Carolina) ; winters in tropics. 



687. Redstart (Setophaga ruticil la). L. 5.4. Ad. 

 o 71 . Black; sides of breast, band in wings and in tail rich 

 salmon. Ad. ■?. Sides of breast, band in wings and 

 in tail dull yellow; back olive-brown, crown gray;* be- 

 below whitish. Yng. p 71 . Intermediate between adults. 

 Notes. Song, ching, ching, chee; ser-wee, swee, swe-e-e. 



Range.— North America; rare on the Pacific coast; breeds from 

 North Carolina, and Kansas north to Labrador and Alaska; winters 

 In the West Indies, Central and South America. 



748. Golden-crowned Kinglet {T{egulus satrapa). 

 L. 4. 1. Ad. $. Crown orange and yellow bordered 

 by black; a whitish line over eye; back grayish ive- 

 green; below soiled whitish. A blackish band in wing 

 bordered basally by yellowish white. Ad. $. No 

 orange in crown, its whole center yellow. Notes. 

 Call, a fine, high ti-ti; song, five or six fine, shrill 

 high-pitched notes ending in a short, rapid, rather ex- 

 plosive warble. "t{ee, t^ee, t$ee, t^ee, ti, ti, ter, ti-ti-ti.' 1 '' 



Range.— North America; breeds from northern United States north- 

 ward, and southward along the Rockies into Mexico and in the Alle- 

 ghenies to North Carolina; winters from about its southern breeding 

 limit to the Gulf States and Mexico. 



748a. Western Golden-crowned Kinglet (R. s. 



oliyaceus). Similar to No. 748, but upperparts brighter 

 olive-green; underparts with a brownish tinge. 



Range. — Pacific coast region; breeds from the higher Sierra Ne- 

 vada of California north to southern Alaska. n Qj 



