MIGRANT GROUP BLACK AND YELLOW LIST 7 1 



* * Nos. 173-175 : With throat scarlet or tvhitc. 



1T3. YELLOW-BELLIED WOODPECKER. 



Black, white, yellowish Scarlet, black, yellowish. 



8>^. Crown, crimson, bordered by black; 2 white 

 stripes, separated by black, on side of face ; back, black 

 and yellowish ; wings and tail, black and white ; throat, 

 scarlet; breast, black ; abdomen, yellowish ; ? \i^s white 

 on throat. 



Breeds on northern edge ; winters rarely in N. J. ; nest, in hole; 

 eggs, 4-6, pure white. 



174. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: PEABODY BIRD. 



Reddish-brown, black-streaked White, ashy. 



7. White median line on crown, bounded by black band ; 

 white superciliary line ; black eye-stripe ; from bill to eye, 

 bright yellow ; 2 white wing-bars, not prominent; throat, 

 white, bordered by black line ; breast and sides, ashy- 

 gray. 



Breeds on northern edge ; winters locally from Mass. southward ; 

 nest, on ground or in bush ; eggs, June ist, 4-5, very variable in col- 

 or ; a handsome sparrow and a fair singer. 



175. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER: MYRTLE 

 WARBLER. 



Slaty, black-streaked, yellow White, black, yellow. 



5>^. Crown, rump, and spot each side of breast, yellow; 

 2 white wing-bars ; tail, white-spotted ; throat and abdo- 

 men, //<!r^ white ; breast and sides, black and white ; rump, 

 always yellow ; other yellow spots variable or absent in 

 winter ; $ and 5 , in winter, brownish, obscurely streaked. 



Breeds on northern edge and rarely in mts. of Pa. ; commonest war- 

 bler in spring ; the only warbler remaining regularly m wmter from 

 Mass southward, and locally abundant in S. E. N. Y. and N. J. ; 

 nest, in low tree or bush ; eggs, early June, 4-5, white, marked. 



