DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. ^^49 



B. 'Wing Bands and prominent Tail Spots absent. 



5. BACHMAN'S WARBLEK, H. bachmani . 4.25; 

 olive-green above, yellow beneath and on forehead ; patch on 

 crown and on throat and breast, black ; a little white on out- 

 er tail feathers. Female, much duller, plain gray below, 

 slightly, yellow on crown. Breeds in X. C, S. C, and Mo., 

 casually in Ya. and Ark. ; winters in Cuba; north in March; 

 south in Aug. Rare. 



6. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, H. celata. 5.00; 

 grayish-olive above; grayish-yellow beneath ; concealed spot 

 of dull orange on top of head, fig. 326. Female, a little dul- 

 ler. Young, without much orange on crown. Occurs in wood- 

 lands. Song, a low, sweet trill. Breeds Fig. 326. 

 from Manitoba north to Alaska, occas- 

 ionally further south ; winters sj^aringly 

 from S. C. to Key West, more commonly 

 in Mexico ; south in Sep. and Oct. ; north 

 in April and May. Casual in N. E. 



7. NASHVILLE WARBLER, H. 

 RUBRiCAPiLLA. 4.80; greenish above; "'%^f\S'^'\,\, M 

 yellow below ; head, bluish with a part- '''^WS'lmll 

 ly concealed patch of chestnut; a whit- 

 ish eye ring. Female, duller. Young, CC, Hj r » 6. 

 very dull, no chestnut on crown. Breeds from Conn, and 

 Mass. north to Canada and west to 111. ; winters in Mexico; 

 south in Aug. and Sep. ; north in May. Common. Frequents 

 the margins of woodlands. Song, four or five harsh, quite 

 rapidly given notes ("/Siue"), followed by four in quite a dif- 

 ferent tone (a kind of a trill "De"), and ending abruptly, as 

 if unfinished. The song is uttered as the bird perches high 

 in a tree. 



8. TENNESSEE WARBLER, H. peregrina. 5.00; back, 

 greenish; head, bluish; beneath, dull white; slight whitish 

 line over eye, fig. 327. Female, somewhat duller, sometimes 

 tinged with greenish beneath. Breeds in northern N. E. 



