THE MOURNING WARBLER. 



No. 82. 

 MOURNING WARBLER. 



A. O. U. No. 679. Geothlypis Philadelphia ( Wils.). 



Description. — Adult male : Whole head and neck and fore breast slaty gray, 

 intermixed below with black, which emerges clear on the fore breast ; lores and or- 

 bital ring black ; remaining plumage bright olive-green above, shading into bright 

 yellow below; bill dark above, pale below; feet very light brown. Adult female 

 ami immature: Similar, but slate of head more or less overcast by olive-green; 

 throat dull white or brownish white, — even yellowish ; fore breast dull ashy or 

 grayish brown, shading imperceptibly on sides of neck, etc. Length 5.00-5.75 

 (127.-146.1 ) ; wing 2.43 (61.7) : tail 2.1 1 ( 53.6) ; bill .43 ( 10.9). 



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Photo by the .Intl., 



WARBLER CORNER AGAIN. 



FOREGROUND AFFORD SHELTER TO MOURNING, 1 



Recognition Marks. — Smaller ; black conspicuous in slaty gray of breast, — 

 abruptly contrasting with yellow below. Female and young obscure, but affording 

 suggestion of contrast on breast when closely scrutinized. 



Nesting. — Not known to breed in Ohio. Nest, on or near the ground, of 

 bark-strips, vegetable fibers and trash, lined with grasses and rootlets and some- 

 times horsehair. Eggs, 4, white, dotted with cinnamon-red near larger end. 

 Av. size, .J2 x .52 (18.3 x 13.2). 



