290 EEPOET OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



684 Wilsonia citrina (Boddaert). 



Hooded Warbler. 



PLATE 7V. 



Adults. — Length, 5-5.70. Wing, 2.(30. Forehead and sides of face, bright 

 yellow ; rest of bead, throat and breast, jet black ; remainder of upper surface, 

 olive-green ; lower surface, bright yellow, paler on the under tail-coverts ; two 

 outer pairs of tail feathers mainly white on the inner web, next pair with a ter- 

 minal white spot. Female usually with less black than male, with no black 

 whatever in the first breeding season. 



YouHfi in first autumn. — Male similar to adult, but black everywhere veiled 

 with yellow tips to the feathers : female with no black at all. 



Nest of fine strips of bark, leaves and grass, situated in the crotch of a bush ; 

 eggs, four to five, white, with reddish-brown spots around the larger end, 

 .70 X .50. 



Common summer resident in the pine barren swamps in the lower 

 Hudson Valley, and about Greenwood and AYawayanda Lakes 

 (Ehoads) ; a rare transient elsewhere. Arrives April 30th, departs 

 September loth. 



In the cedar swamps of the pine barrens, near Dennisville and 

 Seaville, Cape May county, and ]\Iays Landing, Atlantic county, I 

 have found this Warbler quite plentiful, and Mr. Harlow has found it 

 at Clementon. Its clear warble is easil}^ recognized after it has once 

 been heard, and has been represented by Mr. Langille, by the syllables 

 "che-ree, che-ree, che-ree, chi-di-ee.'' 



The Hooded Warbler is a beautiful' bird, and in the cedar swamps 

 the rich black and yellow of his plumage stand out with great dis- 

 tinctness. 



In the lower Delaware A^alley the Ijird is very rare, and Mr. Babson 

 reports it as only a casual migrant at Princeton, and Mr. Miller as 

 rare at Plainfield. 



At Englewood, Bergen county, Mr. Ciiapman^ states that it is an 

 abundant summer resident, and according to Mr. Bowdish it is locally 

 common at Demarest. Mr. Rhoads also found it at Alpine. - 



^ Birds Vicinity of X. Y.. p. 

 - Cassinia, 1901, p. 50. 



