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u. Plain Warblers. Helinaia. 



Bill, longer than in t; colors, plain with no prominent 

 spots or streaks ; nests attached to grass stalks, et(;. 



1. SWAINSON'S WARBLEK, H. swainsonii. 5.50; 

 olive above ; yellowish-white beneath ; top of head brownish ; 

 line over eye, buff. Frequents swampy sections. Breeds 

 from Va. west to Ind. ; south to north-western Fla. and La. ; 

 winters in Jamaica; south in Sep. ; north in April. 

 V. Thicket Warblers. Frutiornis, 



Bill, rather stout; wings, folding to middle of tail which 

 is slightly rounded ; under parts, wholly yellow; head, con- 

 spicuously marked with black (see explanation of plate 

 XXXI in Atlas). 



1. KENTUCKY WARBLER, F. Formosa. 5.50: green- 

 ish above ; yellow beneath ; portion of top of head and patch 

 on its side, black, fig. 328. Fe- 

 male, usually a little duller. 

 Breeds in the Mississippi Val- 

 ley north to the Ohio and east 

 to western X. C. ; casual further 

 north and east ; winters in 

 Central America ; south in Aug. 

 and Sep. ; north in April. Fre- 

 quents heavy woodlands. 

 Song, loud and clear, not un- 

 like that of the Maryland Yel- 

 low-throat. 



"W. Long-wiiig^ecl Warblers. 

 Oporornis. 



Large, stout warblers with long wings and large feet; 

 colors, plain. 



1. CONNECTICUT WARBLER, O. agilis. 5.50; dark 

 olive. green above; yellow below; head, throat, and breast, 

 ashy-gray, more or less mixed with black; eye ring, white, 

 fig. 329. Female, with ashy of head ani breast replaced by 



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