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WARBLEKS. 



o. Fruticantor. Scrub Warblers. 



Bill, small; wings, short, much rounded, not reaching 

 middle of tail, the upper coverts of which are very short; 

 lower barely reaching its middle ; one or two yellow wing 

 bands; tail spots, large. Type, Sylvia discolor Yieillot. 



1. PRAIRIE WARBLER, F. discolor. 5.00; golden- 

 yellow above ; yellow beneath and on line over eye ; line 

 through eye, spots from base of bill along sides, black ; spots 

 Fig. 324. on middle back, chestnut ; two wing 



bars, fig. 324. Female, somewhat 

 duller. Breeds from northern Fla. 

 north to Mass., where it is common 

 locally, also occurs less commonly 

 west to 111., Ind., and southern Mich. ; 

 winters in the Bahamas and West In- 

 dies ; south in Aug. and Sep. ; north 

 in May. Frequents scrub lands. 

 Song, a rather harsh trill of about six 

 notes given in an ascending scale. 



p. Golden TVarblers. 

 Clirysocaiitor. 



Bill, rather large ; wings, quite 

 long, rounded; tail, short, its under 

 coverts long, two thirds its length; upper coverts, but little 

 shorter; no wing bars nor tail spots, but feathers of tail and 

 wings margined with yellow. Type, Motacilla aestiva Gmelin. 

 Ancestral origin, northern S. A. 



1. YELLOW WARBLER, C. aestiva. 5.00; golden- 

 yellow above ; clear yellow beneath, streaked on breast and 

 sides with reddish, fig. 325. Female, duller and with few 

 streaks beneath ; young with no streaks. Breeds throughout 

 eastern N. A. from northern Ga. north to the Barren Grounds 

 and far west; winters in northern S. A. ; south in Aug. and 

 Sep. ; north in April and May. Frequents open sections in 



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