THE LUTESCENT WARBLER. iss 
MOST Alaskan species, even of those which retire in winter to South 
Carolina, Florida, and the Antilles, may be expected to drift thru our 
borders sooner or later. Typical H. celata was first caught in the act by 
Mr. Bowles in May, 1907, but we have no means of knowing that the 
northern form is not a frequent trespasser. Kermode gives it as a common 
summer resident east and west of the Cascades in British Columbia, and it 
is not impossible that our northern Cascade records should be referred to 
this type. 
No. 71. 
LUTESCENT WARBLER. 
A. O. U. No. 646a. Helminthophila celata lutescens Ridgway. 
Description.—Adults:—Similar to H. celata but brighter. Above bright 
olive-green; below definitely yellow—olive-yellow, gamboge, or even canary (on 
under tail-coverts). Jmmature: Above plain olive-green (not ashy, as in H. 
celata) ; below buffy yellow tinged with olive on breast and sides. Measurements 
as in preceding. 
Recognition Marks.—Small warbler size; perhaps the most abundant of the 
eight or nine “yellow” warblers of the State; ochraceous crown-patch, of course, 
distinctive ; not so bright as the Pileolated Warblers (IV. p. pileolata and Ji. p. 
chryseola). 
Nesting.—Nest: on the ground sunk in bed of moss, under protection of 
bush or weed, or in shelving bank, of coiled dry grasses, lined with finer ; 134 inches 
wide by 1 inch deep inside. Eggs: 4, rarely 5, dull white marked with dots and 
a few small blotches of yellowish brown and lavender; in shape long to short 
ovate, rarely oval. Av. size .67x.51 (17x12.9). Season: May 1 and June 1; 
two broods. 
General Range.—Summer resident in Pacific Coast district from Cook Inlet 
to southern California, east to western ranges of Rocky Mountain System, where 
intergrading with H. celata; south in winter to western Mexico and Guatemala. 
Range in Washington.—Of general occurrence thruout the lower levels; 
abundant in Puget Sound region. 
Migrations.— Spring: April 3, 6, 7 (Seattle). April 24 (Chelan). March 
28, 1908 (Seattle). 
Authorities.—(?) Townsend, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., VIII., 1839, 153 
part (Columbia River). Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv., XII., pt. 
menisco, 078) -(0.) C&S. Lt. Rh. Dt. Kb. Ra. D2. Kk. B: E. 
Specimens.—U. of W. Prov. B. BN. E. 
YELLOW appears to be the prevailing color among our Washington 
- Wood Warblers; and even of those which are not frankly all over yellow, 
