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MOST Alaskan species, even of those which retire in winter in South 

 Carohna, Florida, and the Antilles, may be expected to drift thru our 

 borders sooner or later. T\pical H. cclata 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 impossil)le that oiu' northern Cascade records should be referred to 

 this type. 



No. 71. 



LUTESCENT WARBLER. 



A. O. U. Xo. 646a. Helminthopliila celata lutescens Kidgway. 



Description. — .-idults: — Similar to H. cclata but brighter. Above bright 

 olive-green; below definitely yellow — olive-yellow, gamboge, or even canary (on 

 under tail-coverts). Imuiatnre: Above plain olive-green (not a.shy, as in H. 

 cclata) ; below buft'y yellow tinged with olive on breast and sides. Measurements 

 as in preceding. 



Recognition Marks. — Small warbler size; perhaps the most ahundaiU of the 

 eight or nine "yellow" warblers of the State: ochraceous crown-patch, of course, 

 distinctive; not so bright as the I'ileolated Warblers (IV. p. pilcolata and IV. p. 

 chryseola). 



Nesting. — Xcst: 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 ; i^ inches 

 wide by i inch deep inside. Ecjgs: 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 .67 x .51 (17x12.9). Season: May i and June i; 

 two broods. 



General Range. — Summer resident in Pacific Coast district from Cook Inlet 

 to southern California, cast to western ranges of Rocky Mountain System, where 

 intergrading with //. cclata; south in winter to western Mexico and (aiatemala. 



Range in Washington. — Of general occurrence thruout the lower le\-els ; 

 abiuidant in Puget Sound region. 



Migrations. — Spring: April 3, 6. 7 (Seattle). April 24 (Chelan). March 

 28, irpg (Seattle). 



Authorities. — ( ?)Townscnd, Journ. .\c. Xat. Sci. Pfiila., \'III., 1839, 153 

 part (Cf)lumbia River). Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv., XII., pt. 

 II., \%6o. 178. (T. ) C&S. I.'. Rh. 1)'. Kb. Ra. D-\ Kk. P.. K. 



Specimens. — I', of W. Prov. I'. P.X. E. 



")'I''T-I,0\\' a])pears to be the ])revailing color among our Washington 

 Wood Warblers; and even of those which are not franklv all over \e11ow. 



