THE HOODED WARBLER. 



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yellow tips. Length 5.00-5.75 (i27.-i46-i) ; wing 2.60 (67.6) ; tail 2.30 (59.9) ; 

 bill .40 (10.2). 



Recognition Marks. Warbler size; black hood and golden mask of male 

 yellow forehead and black rictal-bristles of specimens lacking the hood. 



Taken near Oberlin. Photo by the Author. 



"HERE THE BIRDS SPEND THEIR TIME FLY-CATCHING ALONG THE MIDDLE LEVELS. 



