DIBECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTKKX NORTH AMERICA, .1543 



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mer is, ^'' Trees, trees, mur-mur-ing trees^^ ; there are also other 

 variations but all are given With a peculiar intonation that 

 always characterizes the species. 



2. TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, Y. townsendi. DifEers 

 from 1 in having the top of head Fig. 320. 



and cheeks black, and in being dis- 

 tinctly yellow below the black 

 breast patch. Breeds in western 

 N. A. from the mountains of south- 

 ern Cal. to Alaska ; winters in Cen- 

 tral America; south in Sep. ; north 

 in May. Accidental in Penn. 



1. Field Warblers. 

 Agreocaiitor. 



Large ; wings short and rather 

 rounded, not reaching middle of 

 tail ; two wing bands ; tail spots not 

 large; slaty above; yellow beneath with black markings. 

 Type, Sylvicola kirtlandii Baird. Ancestral origin, West In- 

 dies. 



WARBLER, A kirtlandi. 5.50; 

 slaty above with feathers of 

 back tinged with rufous; yel- 

 low beneath ; patch on side of 

 head, spots on breast and on 

 top of head, black, fig. 321. 

 Female, duller. Breeds in 

 Mich. ; nest, placed on ground ; 

 winters in the Bahamas and 

 probably some of the West In- 

 dies; north in May; south in 

 Sep. Frequents low bushes in 

 fields, often on the ground; 

 moves tail up and down ; gives 

 a sharp note of alarm ; song as 

 heard by Mr, Norman A. Wood, 



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KIRTLAND'S 

 Fig. 321. 



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