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Palmer, Plumages of the Hooded Warbler. 



TAuk 

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No. 133226, same sex and date as above, represents a step 

 further, the under parts being yellow except for the center and 

 abdomen. The increased area of the black of the throat is shown 

 in Fig. 2, the black crescent on the breast being joined pos- 

 teriorly to a crescent of yellow, both being separated from the 

 yellow side stripes by the remaining nestling feathers. More 



Figs. 1-4. Young Hooded Warbler. 



green feathers have appeared on the back and shoulders, the 

 first plumage having mostly disappeared on those parts. The 

 black hood has further developed and presents the general 

 appearance of the cap as seen in an adult male Wilson's Black- 



