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WARBLERS. 



1. CAPE MAY WARBLER, P. tigrina. 5.00; cheeks, 

 chestnut ; top of head, black; back, greenish, spotted with 

 Fig. 313. black ; streaks on breast and 



sides, black, fig. 313. Fe- 

 male, tinged with grayish 

 above and below, duller; 

 streakings indistinct. Breeds 

 from northern N. E., north- 

 ern Mich, north to Hudson 

 Bay : winters in Key West, 

 Bahamas, and the West In- 

 dies ; north in May ; south in 

 Sep. Frequents woodlands 

 and orchards. Song, a low, 

 lively, rather pleasing war- 

 CC, H, e, 1. 1-3. ble. 



f. Spotted Warblers. Maculocaiitor. 

 Wings and tail shorter than in d, the former rounded ; 

 upper tail coverts, short, and about equal in length ; wholly 

 yellow below, large white wing patch and band of spots cross- 

 ing inner webs of tail in middle. Type, Motacilla maculosa 

 Gmelin. Origin of group, Central America. 



1. BLACK AND YELLOW WARBLER, M. maculosa. 

 5.00; band of black spots crossing breast having pendants ex- 

 tending along sides; top of head, slaty-blue; back, black; 

 rump, yellow, fig. 314. Female and young, considerably 

 duller. Breeds from the elevated regions of western Mass. 

 west to Mich., north to Hudson Bay; winters in Mexico and 

 Central America; north in May; south in Sep. Common, but 

 less so most seasons in eastern Mass. Song, a short, pleasing, 

 rather broken, warble. Frequents woodlands and thickets, 

 g. Azure Warblers. Azuria. 

 Small warblers with rather short bills^ long wings fold- 

 ing beyond the middle of the short tail which has white spots 

 on the inner webs of all the feathers ; two wing bands ; blue 



