354 WOOD WARBLERS. 



bright colors and preference for gardens, orchards, the shrubbery of 

 our lawns or bushy brooksides, instead of the woods^ frequently brings 

 it to the attention of those to whom most birds are strangers. 



It is an active bird, and its song — wee-chee, chee, chee, cher-wee — 

 though simple, has a pleasing, happy ring. 



654. Uemdroica caerulesceES (Gmel.). Black-tiikoated Blue 

 Warbler. Ad. $ . — Upper parts grayish bhie, back sometimes blackish ; 

 wings and tail edged with blue ; base of the primaries tvhite., forming a white 

 spot on the wing at the end of the primary coverts ; inner vanes of outer tail- 



FiG. 101.— Black-throated Blue Warbler. (Reduced.) 



feathers with a white patch near their tips ; sides of the head and throat black ; 

 sides mixed black and white ; breast and belly white. Ad. ? . — Upper parts 

 uniform olive-green ; tail generally with a faint bluish tinge, the white patch 

 on the outer feathers scarcely distinguishable; white at the base of the prima- 

 ries much reduced and sometimes concealed by the primary coverts ; ear-cov- 

 erts dusky gray ; under parts soiled buli'y yellowish. Im. $ . — Similar to ad. 

 6 , but the upper parts washed with greenish, the throat tipped with white, 

 and less black on the sides. Im. 9 . — Similar to ad. 9 , but somewhat yellower. 

 L., 5-28; W., 2-52; T., 2-06; B. from N., -29. 



Eemarks. — The white spot at the base of the primaries is the distinguish- 

 ing mark of this species. 



Range. — Eastern North America ; breeds from northern Minnesota (prob- 



