128 BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



The locality was a moiBt situation, overgrown with young trees and 

 bushes. Their short lisping note, repeated four times, was easily 

 distinguished." 



The Golden-winged Warbler is a common species during the spring 

 migration in Wabash county, Illinois, and in adjacent counties of 

 Indiana, and it is hardly, if at all, less rare in fall. 



Helminthophila ruficapilla (Wils.) 



(ASHVILLE WARBLER. 

 • 

 Svlvia ruficapWa WlLS. Am. Orn. iii. ISH. 12(>. pi. 27. llg. S.-AuD. Orn. Blo(t. I. ISH. «.V>. pi. 

 89. 

 Helminthophagaruflcapilla IUikd, 15. N. Am. l&iS.Kr,; Cut. N. Am. B. 18jn,.No. 183: Review. 

 18M. 175.— CouES. Key. 1S72. HI; Chock List. IHT'.t. No. 67: 2J cd. iss;. No. li»!: B. N. W. 

 1874.50; B. Col. Val. 1878. £;i.-B. B. &:R. Hist. N. Am. B. i, 1874. 1%. pl. 11. flg. 7.- 

 RiDow. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, No. 85. 

 Uelmiiilhophila rujicapilla BcDow. Bull Nutt. Orn. Club. vll. 1882. 54. 

 Sulfia nihricapiUa WiLs. Am. Orn. vl. 1812, 15 (index). -Ni-tt. Mnn. 1. 1882. 412. 

 Bflinaia rubricapilla AuD. Synop. I8:». 70: B. 4m. li. 1811. 103. rl. 113. 

 Hab. Nearly the whole of North America, but ruthcr irrcKuiarly distributed in the 

 West: breedinc on hiKher mountain ransos within the United StateH (south In the Slerru 

 Novadii to at least 38";'. but chieOy northward (south to Massachusetts). Wlntorii chiefly 

 in Mexico. Casual iu Greenland. 



"Sp. Char. Head and neck above and on sides osh-eray, the crown with n patch of 

 concealed dark brownlsh-oranKe bidden by ashy tips to the feathers. Upper parts ollve- 

 (treon, brlKhtest on I he rump. Under parts cenerally. with the edjte of the wine, deep 

 yellow: tho anal recion paler: the sides tinged with olive. A broad yellowish while 

 rInK round the eye: the lores yellowish: no superciliary stripe. The inner edKCs of the 

 tail-fealhers marcined with dull white. Female similar, but duller: the under parts paler 

 and with more white: but little trace of the red of the crown. Length. 4.65; wine. 2.42; 

 tail. 2.i«." (Ilisl. y. A m. B.) 



"First plumage: Female. Remiges. roctrlces. etc., as in adult Twoconspicnous wing- 

 bands of bright buff, nieura and nape light ashy, tinged with fulvous. Back ashy, just 

 touched with green; rump brighl olive-groon. Supra-orbital line, ring around eye, and 

 the throat, bright bulT. Lores, maxillary lino, and iinrlculars pale ashy. Breast and cris- 

 sum gambogo-yellow, each feather tipped with whitish, producing a somewhat hoary ap- 

 pearancu. Abdomen pale yellow; sides dull cinnamon, with a shade of ashv. From a 

 spocimen in my collection taken at Upton. Mo., August 14. 1H73. A full series of specimens 

 illustrates widl tho progressive stages. Tho fall plumage in very aulokly acnulred by 

 young of this species." (Brewster, Bull Nutt. Orn. Club. Apr. 18;8. p. 57.) 



The Nashville Warbler is a rather common bird during the migrat- 

 ing seasons, and breeds in the extreme northern counties of the 

 State. In its geneial habits this species is much like the other 

 members of the genus, living among the undergrowth in open woods 

 or among bushes in cleared places, and l>uilding its nest upon the 

 ground. The song is said to resemble that of the Chestnut-sided 



• The western bird is now recognized as a distinct race, II. ruficapilla gutluralia Ridgw. 

 Illisl. N. Am. 1! I, p. 19I.J 



