672. PALM WARBLER. 5 in. 



(Dendroica palmarum.) 

 Streaky olive-gray; chestnut cap; yellow line over eye; 

 beneath yellowish (brightest on throat and under tail) streak- 

 ed with brown; feeds on ground in flocks; tilts its tail con- 

 stantly. Water-Thrushes. Yellow Palm Warbler. 



672a. YELLOW PALM WARBLER. 5^ in. 



(Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea.) 

 Similar to 672 but uniform yellow beneath and more 

 strongly olive above; song, soft, broken trill, "tzee-tzee". 

 Palm Warbler. 



673. PRAIRIE WARBLER. 43< in. 



(Dendroica discolor.) 



Olive-green, middle of back spotted with chestnut; sides 

 of head, broad line over eye and under parts, bright yellow; 

 lines through and below eye with chain of streaks down sides 

 black; white tail-spots and yellowish wing-bars; in wild past- 

 tures; song, thin, "zee", repeated on ascending scale. Mag- 

 nolia, Canadian, Cape May and Female Black-throated Green 

 Warblers. 



674. OVEN-BIRD. 6j4 in. 



(Seiurus aurocapillus.) 

 Olive-green showing yellow tinge; below pure white, 

 thickly spotted; orange-brown cap bordered with black stripes; 

 scratches like a hen; tilts tail; under shrubbery; note, "teach- 

 er" repeated rapidly with increasing emphasis. Water- 

 Thrushes. Wood Thrush. 



675. WATER-THRUSH. 6 in. 



(Seiurus noveboracensis.) 



Plain olive-brown; below white, tinged with sulphur- 

 yellow and thickly streaked, finely on chin and throat; belly 

 plain; short bill, yellowish line over eye; wags tail; noticeable 

 song, high, ending low. Oven-bird. Other Water-Thrushes. 



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