Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange. 



666. Golden-cheeked Warbler {Dendroica chryso- 

 paria). L. 5. Ad. J*. Throat, crown and back 

 black; cheeks and spot in forehead yellow; a narrow 

 black line through eye; wing-bars and tail-patches 

 white. Ad. 9. Above olive green with black streaks; 

 cheeks duller than in d\ eye-streak dusky; throat 

 yellow, breast blackish; belly white. Notes. Song, 

 tser, weasy-weasy, twea, resembling song of No. 667. 

 (Nehrling.) 



Range.— Western central and southern Texas and south through 

 eastern Mexico to highlands of Guatemala. (Ridgway.) 



l. 667. Black-throated Green Warbler {Dendroica 

 vtrens). L. 5. Ad. tf. Throat and breast black; 

 cheeks greenish yellow; back olive-green; wing-bars 

 and tail patches white. Ad. $ and Yng. cf. Similar, 

 but throat yellowish; black breast tipped with yellow- 

 ish; belly tinged withyellow\ back without black streaks. 

 Yng. 9. Throat and breast yellowish white, little or 

 no black. Notes. Song, a droning $ee, $ee, ^e-ee, qee. 



Range.— Eastern North America; breeds from Connecticut and 

 northern Illinois north to Nova Scotia and Hudson Bay, and south in 

 Alleghanies to South Carolina; winters in Central America. 



668. Townsend Warbler {Dendroica townsendi). 

 L. 5.1. Ad.tf. A black eye-patch bordered by yel- 

 low stripes; crown and throat black; back olive-green 

 spotted with black; wing-bars and tail-patches white. 

 Ad. 9. Eye-patch olive; throat yellow, indistinctly 

 blackish; crown and back olive-green, with few black 

 streaks. Yng. Similar, but yellower. Notes. Song, de-de, 

 de-de,de, like that of No. 677. (Merrill.) 



Range.— Western North America: breeds from mountains of south- 

 ern California north to Alaska, east to western Colorado; in migra- 

 tions to western Texas; winters in Mexico. 



669. Hermit Warbler (Dendroica Occident alis) . L. 

 5.1. Underparts without streaks. Ad. tf. Crown 

 and cheeks yellow; throat black; back gray spotted 

 with black; wing-bars and tail-patches white. Ad. $. 

 Crown less yellow; throat yellowish; back olive-gray, 

 usually without spots. Yng. $. Similar, but yellow- 

 er. Yng. cj [ . Throat dusky; forehead and cheeks 

 yellow; back olive-green with concealed black spots. 

 Much like Yng of No. 667, but forehead yellower, no 

 streaks below. Notes. Song, ^eegle-^eegle-^eegle-^eek. 

 (Barlow.) 



Range.— Western United States; breeds in high mountains 

 from ^British Columbia to California, and from Pacific Coast 

 district of United States to Rocky Mountains; migrates to Low- 

 er California, Mexico, and Guatemala. (Bailey.) 



684. Hooded Warbler (IVilsonia mitrata). L. 5.7. 

 Outer tail-feather with white patches. Ad. rf. Fore- 

 head and cheeks yellow; hindhead extending to breast 

 and throat black; belly yellow; back olive-green. 

 Ad. $ . Throat yellow, hindhead olive-green usually 

 with black. Notes. Call, a sharp cheep; song, a 

 gracefully whistled you must come to the woods, or you 



wont see me. 



Range.— Eastern United States; breeds north to southern Connecti- 

 cut, central western New York, and southern Michigan; winters in 

 Central America. 



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