248 WARBLERS. 



r. Sharp-billed Warblers. Helmiiithophila. 



Small warblers with rather long, very acute bills, wings 

 folding about middle of tail or shorter; with or without tail 

 spots. 



A. "Wing Bands and Tail Spots present. 



1. GOLDEN- WINGED WARBLER, H. ciikysoptera. 

 5.00; bluish-ash above, ashy-white on line over eye and be- 

 low; broad patch on side of head, and on throat, black; 

 patch on wing, sometimes two bands, and top of head yellow. 

 Female duller with black markings replaced by dusky, plate 

 18. Breeds from Mass. west to Mich., south to Conn, and N. 

 J. and along the Alleghanies to Ga. Frequents low growths 

 and is of somewhat local distribution. Song, a rather drawl- 

 ing ''Zee" repeated from four to six times and a guttural 

 warble seldom heard; alarm, sharp. 



2. BREWSTER'S WARBLER, H. LEUCOBKONt^HiALis. 

 Differs from 1 in being without the black throat patch and 

 in having a very narrow line through eye, with the lower 

 parts often tinged with yellow. Female, with the throat 

 white or dusky, but always with a narrow black line through 

 eye, plate 19. Breeds in Mass. (rarely), Conn., N. Y., Penn., 

 N. J., Md., and Va. Winter range unknown, but has been 

 taken in La. Song, averaging shorter and more quickly given. 



3. LAWRENCE'S WARBLER, H. lawrenc ei. Differs 

 from 1 in having the sides of head and lower parts yellow but 

 the line through eye is narrow as in 2; wing bands, usually 

 wltite, but sometimes tinged with yellow, plate 20; back, 

 greenish as in 4. 



4. BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, H. pinus. 5.00; green- 

 ish above, yellow below and on top of head; narrow black 

 line through eye; wings, bluish, wing bands white or some- 

 times tinged with yellow, plate 21. Female, duller. Breeds 

 from Conn, west to Mich., but is local in distribution ; winters 

 in Mexico and Central America ; north in May ; south in Aug. 

 and Sep. ; casual in Mass. Song, a wiry, lisping trill. 



