A.MliRTCA>f WARur.ETlS. 



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WORM-EATING WARBLER. 



Helmitlier<)s verniivoru.s. 



Plate VI, Fig. 6, male. 



Size, rather lai-ge, 500 to 5.50. Greeni.sh above; head 

 and lower parts buffy, the former having four broad stripes of 

 black. Occui-s in woodknds in summer in soutliern Connec- 

 ticut; accidental in Massachusetts. 



Fig. 44. 



YouBg Worm-eating Warbler. 



ADtTLT. Greenish above ; head and under parts, bufif, lighter on aV 

 domen. The head has a narrow black stripe through eye an<i two broader 

 ones on the crown, thus enclosing three buff stripes. 



Young. Browner above, with the black head stripes replaced by 

 iDrown, and the wing coverts are broadly margined with buff. 



DiMENsio>rs, Length, 5.35; stretch, 8.25; wing, 2.55; tail, 1.50 ; 

 bill, .50 ; tarsus, .62. 



Observations, Readily distinguished from all other warblers by the 

 plain colors, unmarked, buffy under parts, and conspicuous black stripes 

 •on head. 



Nests anb Eggs. Nests placed on the ground, composed of dried 

 grasses, leaves and fihercus roots. Eggs, usually five, sometimes four 

 and rarely six, rather eliptical, white, plentifully sprinkled and dotted ev- 

 erywhere, but rather more thickly on the larger end, with reddish brown. 

 Dimensions, .55 by .75. 



General Habits. Late in May, 1876, I found the Worm- 

 'eating Warblers common in the White Deer Valley, near Wa:t- 



