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tlie eye; crown, region below the eye, and the side of the throat black ; rest 

 of the upper parts, wings, and tail olive-green; no wing-bars or tail-patches; 

 under parts bright yellow. Ad. $ . — Similar, but the black areas more gray- 

 ish and less clearly defined. L., 5-40 ; W., 2-60 ; T., 1-90 ; B. from N., -32. 



Range. — Eastsrn United States; breeds from the GuJf States to Iowa and 

 Connecticut; winters in Central America. 



Washington, not very uncommon S. E., May 3 to Sept. 5. Sing Sing, 

 common S. K., May 2 to Aug. 27. 



Nest., bulky, of twigs and rootlets, firmly wrapped with several thicknesses 

 of leaves, lined with fine rootlets, on or near the ground. Eggs., four to five, 

 white or grayish white, finely and evenly speckled or coarsely blotched with 

 rufous to umber, -72 x -58. 



The Kentucky Warbler frequents rather densely grown, well- 

 watered woods. Here he may be found, on or near the ground, hop- 

 ping from limb to limb or icalking about searching for food. When 

 singing, he generally mounts to the lower branches of the higher trees. 

 His song is entirely unlike that of any other Warbler. It is a loud, 

 clearly whistled performance of five, six, or seven notes — tur-dle, hir- 

 dle, tur-dle — resembling in tone some of the calls of the Carolina Wren. 

 Even in the woods it may be heard at a distance of about one hundred 

 and fifty yards. 



In the height of the breeding season this Warbler is a most per- 

 sistent singer. On one occasion, at Englewocd, N. J., I watched a 

 male for three hours. During this jieriod, with the exception of five 

 interruptions of less than forty-five seconds each, he sang with the 

 greatest regularity once every twelve seconds. Thus, allowing for the 

 'brief intervals of silence, he sang about 875 times, or some 5,250 notes. 

 1 found him singing, and when I departed he showed no signs of 

 ceasing. 



678. Geothlypis agilis ( Wils.). Connecticut Warbler. Ad. 3 . 



Head, neck, and breast bluis'li gray, lighter on the throat; crown in the fall 



tipped with olive-green ; eye-ring ivhite ; rest of 'upper parts, wings, and tail 

 olive-green; no wing-bars or tail-patches; belly yellow; sides washed with 

 olive-green. Ad. 9 and /?72,.— Similar to the 3 , but upper parts uniform olive- 

 green ; throat and breast pale grayish brown ; belly pale yellow. L., 5-40 ; 

 W., 2-90 : T., 1-90 ; B. from N., -32. 



Range.— Y.d.'sX^xvi North America ; breeds, as far as known, in Manitoba ; 

 winters in northern South America. 



Washington, T. V., very rare in spring, late May : conmion from Aug. 28 

 to Oct. 15. Sing Sing, rare T. V., Aug. 26 to Oct. 9. Cambridge, fall T. V., 

 sometimes locally abundant, Sept. 10 to 30. 



Nest., of dry grasses, on the ground. Eggs., four, white, with a few spots of 

 lilac-purple, brown, and black about the larger end, -75 x -60 (Thompson, 

 Auk, i, 1884, p. 192). 



"Connecticut Warbler " is an unfortunate misnomer for this spe- 

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