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BACIIMAN'S WARBLER. 



eyelids and a line over the eye are whitish. Tliere is a dusky line from bill to eye. Outer tail feath- 

 ers, with a spot on the inner web near the tip. Females, similar, but duller, and the undur jiarts sire more 

 strongly tinged with yellowish. There is a strong tinging of greenish yellow ; this is especially noticeable in 

 young birds. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Known from all allied species by the plain colors and absence of any concealed colored patch on the 

 head. Young birds may be distinguished from those of II. celata by the elongated \Nhitc patch on the outer 

 tail feathers of H. peregrina this being absent in the Orange-crowned. Occurs in summer from Northern 

 New England, northward to Hudson's Bay and the Great Slave Lake region. Migrating southward in win- 

 ter to Cuba and Northern South America 



DIMENSIONS. 



Length, from -i.fa to o.Oo ; stretch, from 7.40 to 8.0I ; wing, from 2. m to 2.G0; tail, from l.-'il to 1 SO; 

 bill, from .64 to .80; tarsus, from .38 to .4o. 



HABITS. 



The first 8pecimens of the Tennessee AVarbler uliirh I ever Siuv \v:is;it Niwduiville, 

 Massachusetts, when I shot fonr specimens, all males, ])et\veen the LSt'i anil l^ith of May, 

 1869. In the spring of 1870, when in company with Messrs. Wm. Brewster and linthven 

 Dean, I was at Upton, Maine, I found this species connnon. It was counnon at that time 

 in all the wooded region of that section, where l)eyond donht, it luved.^. The song is 

 similar in some respects to that of the Nashville Warbler, hut the notes of the fn-.st ])art 

 are more divided, and the notes of the latter part shriller. As related on a pre\ious 

 page, we searched in vain for the nest at that time, rmd rather shignlarly, pei'feetly 

 authentic specimens remain unknown at the present time. 



On September 7th, 1876, 1 found the Tennessee Warbler migrating through Watson- 

 town, Pennsylvania. They were (pute common and were in company with .sevenil other 

 species of warblers, and I found them at intervals for about a week when they disappeared. 



HELMINTHOFHAGA BACHMAM 

 Bachman's Warbler. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sf. Ch. Size, small. Wing bars absent, spots on tail present. Bill, short. Color. Above, yellow- 

 ish green, including sides of head and neck, tinged with ashy on the back part of head. Forehead and 

 lower portions, bright yellow. There is a black line separating the yellow forehead from the ashy of back of 

 head and a broad patch on throat, and breast, black, but this is surrounded by yellow. Wings, dark brown, 

 with the feathers margined with olivaceous. Tail, dark brown, with a spot of white on the inner web of the 

 three outer feathers, but this does not extend along the vein to the termination of the feathers. Females, 

 smaller, but duller, showing traces only of the throat patch. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Known at once by the black spot on throat surrounded by the yellow. Occurs in North and South 

 Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana during the breeding season, and during migrations, on Key West. Win- 

 ters in Cuba. 



