AMERICAN WARBLKRS. 



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Moves its tail up and down frec[uently. A very rare migrant in 

 in spring; more common in autumn. 



Adui.t Male. Above, dark olive green. Head, throat and breast, 

 ashy gray, more or less mixed with black , yellow beneath elsewhere. Eye 

 ring, white. 



Adult Female. Similar in general coloration, but with the ashy 

 of the head and neck replaced by greenish gray, becoming some A'hat butt 

 beneath. 



Vou.vG Mam^. Simihir to the adult female, but the color ot the heatl 

 is more slaly. 



^'ouNG Fe.nfale. Qiiite similar to the young male, but the throat and 

 breast are more strongly tinged with buify, and the top of the head is near- 

 ly uniform in color witii the back. 



Dimensions. Length, 5.45 ; stretch, 8. So ; wing, 2.85 ; tail, 2.10; bi'!. 

 .40 : tardus, .70. 



Comparksons. Known by the large size, long wings, ashy or buf. y 

 breast, and white ring around eye. 



Fig. 51. 



Cotiiieciicnt Warbler. 



Xksts and Eggs. Nests placed on the ground, composed of line 

 dry grass. Eggs, four, oval, creamy white, with a few s lots of black, 

 brown, and lilac. Dimensions, .75 by .56. 



General Habits The life histories of a number of our 

 warblers are but imperfectly known, and one of the most note- 

 worthy of these is the Connecticut, of which comparatively Wt- 



