THE MOURNING WARBLER. 181 
No. 82. 
MOURNING WARBLER. 
A. O. U. No. 679. Geothlypis philadelphia ( Wils.). 
Description.—aAdult male Whole head and neck and fore breast slaty gray, 
intermixed below with black, which emerges clear on the fore breast ; lores and or- 
bital ring black; remaining plumage bright olive-green above, shading into bright 
yellow below; bill dark above, pale below; feet very light brown. Adult female 
and immature: Similar, but slate of head more or less overcast by olive-green ; 
throat dull white or brownish white,—even yellowish; fore breast dull ashy or 
grayish brown, shading imperceptibly on sides of neck, etc. Length 5.00-5.75 
(127.-146.1) ; wing 2.43 (61.7) ; tail 2.11 (53.6) ; bill .43 (10.9). 
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Taken near Oberlin. Photo by the Author. 
WARBLER CORNER AGAIN, 
THE TulICKETS IN THE FOREGROUND AFFORD SHELTER TO MOURNING, WILSON AND NASHVILLE WARDBLERS, 
AND NORTHERN YELLOW-THROATS, 
Recognition Marks.—Smaller ; black conspicuous in slaty gray of breast,— 
abruptly contrasting with yellow below. Female and young obscure, but affording 
suggestion of contrast on breast when closely scrutinized. 
Nesting.—Not known to breed in Ohio. Nest, on or near the ground, of 
bark-strips, vegetable fibers and trash, lined with grasses and rootlets and some- 
times horsehair. Eggs, 4, white, dotted with cinnamon-red near larger end. 
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