THE MOURNING WARBLER. 



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No. 82. 



MOURNING WARBLER. 



A. O. U. No. 679. Qeothlypis Philadelphia (Wils.). 



Description. Adult male : Whole head and neck and fore breast slaty gray, 

 intermixed below with black, which emerges clear on the fore breast ; lores and or- 

 bital ring black ; remaining plumage bright olive-green above, shading into bright 

 yellow below ; bill dark above, pale below ; feet very light brown. Adult female 

 and immature : Similar, but slate of head more or less overcast by olive-green ; 

 throat dull white or brownish white, even yellowish ; fore breast dull ashy or 

 grayish brown, shading imperceptibly on sides of neck, etc. Length 5.00-5.75 

 (I27.-H6.I) ; wing 2.43 (61.7) ; tail 2.11 (53.6) ; bill .43 (10.9). 



Taken near Obcrli 



WARBLER CORNER AGAIN. 



THE TrIICKETS IN THE FOREGROUND AFFORD SHELTER TO MOURNING, WILSON AND NASHVILLE WARBLERS, 

 AND NORTHERN YELLOW-THROATS. 



Recognition Marks. Smaller ; black conspicuous in slaty gray of breast, 

 abruptly contrasting with yellow below. Female and young obscure, but affording 

 suggestion of contrast on breast when closely scrutinized. 



Nesting. Not known to breed in Ohio. Nest, on or near the ground, of 

 bark-strips, vegetable fibers and trash, lined with grasses and rootlets and some- 

 times horsehair. Eggs, 4, white, dotted with cinnamon-red near larger end. 

 Av. size, .72 x .52 (18.3 x 13.2). 



