WARBLERS 



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plain slate-gray, the cruwn aKo sometimes gray (except 

 on the sides) streaked witli black; wings and tail, black 

 with slate-gray edgings, the middle and greater wing- 

 coverts, broadly tipped with white, forming two con- 

 spicuous bands across wing; two to three outermost 

 tail-feathers with inner web extensively white at the 

 end. this on side feather occupying approximately the 

 end half ; over the eye a broad white stripe usually 

 becoming yellow (over lores) ; a crescentic spot below 

 eye, and patch on side of neck ( invading center rear 

 portion of sides of head), white; throat ami chrst. 

 lemon-yelloii.', the chin, usually white; rest oi under 

 parts, white, broadly streaked on the Mde^ with black, 

 the broad black streaks on sides of chest joining with a 

 narrow stripe connecting them with the triangular 

 black patch on side of head; bill, black; iris, brown; 

 legs and feet, dusky horn color. Apult Fem.\le; 

 Similar to the adult male and often not distinguishable. 



hut usually with less black on forehead, which is more 

 often gray, streaked with black centrally, and yellow of 

 throat and chest averaging slightly paler. 



Nest and Eggs.— Nest : Placed on pine limb, fas- 

 tened by insect webbing, generally rather higli u]), or 

 hidden in tufts of Spanish moss; constructed of twig- 

 lets, strips of bark, and leaf stems, fastened with moss 

 nr cobwebs, and lined with soft vegetable down. K(;(..s : 

 3 or 4, dull greenish or grayish-white, spotting of brown 

 and lilac-gray confined to large end, sometimes forming 

 wreaths. 



Distribution.— .Atlantic coast district of United 

 States; north tn lower Maryland and eastern shore of 

 Virginia, casually to New York (Long Island). Con- 

 necticut, and Massachusetts; breeding southward to 

 Florida; in winter to southern Florida. P.ahamas. Cnlia, 

 Grand Cayman. Jamaica. Haiti, and Porto Kico. and 

 occasionally north to South Carolina. 



The Yellow -thniatc-d ami .Sycamore Warblers 

 are geographical variations of tlie s;inu- species 

 of Warbler. Both are yellow-throated. Ijoth 

 are southern, lioth haunt the tops of large e\er- 

 greens, and both ha\e clear ringing songs. From 

 Virginia south to Florida the bird is known as 

 the Yellow-throated Warbler. From (Jhio and 

 Missouri south to the Gulf he is called the Syca- 

 more Warbler ( Dcndroica domhiica alhilora). 



He is not a very common bird anywhere. Ivtil 

 the clear song of this Dominican ^'ellow-throat 



;is It rings oiU from the tops of the tall ])ines 

 ;ind cypresses of the lowlands of the -South At- 

 lantic States is very distinctive. The bird draws 

 ;ittention to itself by this song, which has been 

 written chuui-chinii-chiiui, chicker-cher-ivcc and 

 has the ringing character of the \\'ater-Thrush, 

 :ind the clear distant note of the Indigo Bunt- 

 ing. If one is fortunate enough to be present 

 when the bird conies down into the lower limbs 

 i>f the forest trees he will see his most attractive 

 yellow throat and see, too, how deliberate is his 



YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER mat. size) 



Courtesy of .\m. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



