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Parula Warbler:''' CoiiipsotJilypis aincricaiia. 



Length less than 5 inclies. 



Upper parts bluish-gray, a yellowish patch on the back. 

 Throat and breast yellow, an inconspicous dark band across 

 the breast. 



Resident (uncommon) from April 20 to October 15: win- 

 ters from Florida southward. 



Pariilas are common in mioration l)nt rare at other 

 times. Some, however, always nest near Kensin^'ton, 

 and at Great Falls on the Virginia side, l)uildinij; in 

 the hanging- Usnea moss which grows in those locali- 

 ties. One of their dainty nests may be seen at the 

 Smithsonian. The eggs, 4 to 5. are creamy white, 

 lightly speckled with cinnamon-brown. 



The song of the Parnla resembles that of the 

 Prairie Warbler. 



Yellow Warbler; Summer Yellowbird: Dciuiroica 

 (i'stk'a. 



Length about 5 inches. 

 Male, general color, bright yellow. 

 Under parts streaked with chestnut-red. 

 Female, much duller, without streaked breast. 

 Resident (common) from April 20 to September 30; win- 

 ters in Northern South America. 



Yellow Warblers are al)un(lant in spring, and l)y 

 the last week in April their happy voices are heard 

 all over the city. Their song is a pleasant little 

 warble, that has been written, wcc-chee, chee-chcc, 

 chcr-zvcc. 



* The Usnea Warbler, a rather recently described sub- 

 species of the Parula with a more northern breeding range, 

 differs principally in having the band across the breast 

 broad and conspicuous. See Auk. Jan. 1896, p. 44. 



