48 HOW TO NAME THE BIRDS 



or. BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. 



Black, white-marked Orange, whitish. 



4j^. Head, throat, and breast, flame-color, interspersed 

 or bordered with abrupt clear black markings ; large wing- 

 spots and much of tail, white ; sides, black-streaked ; ab- 

 domen, whitish or yellowish ; $ has black replaced by ol- 

 ive, black-streaked, and orange replaced by yellow, and 

 white of wings restricted. 



Breeds in northerly part of range and in mts. of Pa. ; nest, of 

 strips of bark, silky fibre, feathers, etc., higher from ground than most 

 warblers ; eggs, middle of June, 4-5, white, marked ; a splendid 

 species. 



* * * Nos. 98-106 : With no yellozv on breast. 



98. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 



Brownish-gray White. 



11-12. Lower mandible and part of upper, yellow ; cen- 

 tral tail-feathers, like back, the rest black, broadly white- 

 tipped. 



Nest, very crude and loose ; eggs, about June ist, 4-8, lighter green 

 than in the "black-billed." 



99. BLACK-THROATED BUNTING. 



Grayish-brown Black, whitish. 



6Y2. Crown, olive-yellow ; yellow superciliary line ; back, 

 black-streaked ; edge of wing, yellow ; wing-bars, chestnut ; 

 chin, white ; large black area on throat ; breast and abdo- 

 men, yellowish-white ; sides, grayish-white. 



Northward, to Mass., rarely ; nest, on ground or near it ; eggs, latter 

 part of May, 4-5, greenish-white, seldom spotted. 



