WOOD WARBLERS. 349 



tip, fourth feather with a smaller patch ; lower breast and belly white ; sides 

 grayish. Ad. 9 . Similar, but the crown duller, the patch on the sides of 

 the head and throat grayish instead of black. L., 5 - 10; W., 2 - 46; T., 1*94; 

 B. from N., -34. 



Range. Eastern Dnited States; breeds from Indiana and northern New 

 Jersey north to Michigan, southern Ontario, and Vermont; south along the 

 Alleghanies to South Carolina; winters in Central America. 



Washington, uncommon T. V., May 1 to 28 ; Aug. Sing Sing, rare S. R., 

 May 8 to Aug. 25. Cambridge, not uncommon S. R., May 12 to Aug. 25. 



Nest, much like that of H. pinus, on or near the ground, in second 

 growths or bushy fields. Eggs, four to six, white, speckled and spotted, 

 chiefly about the larger end, with cinnamon-brown, chestnut, or umber, 

 62 x -50. 



In .their actions and choice of haunts the Golden-winged resemble 

 the Blue-winged Warblers. Their song is of much the same quality, 

 but the notes are all of the same kind and length, and the bird utters 

 a rather lazy zee-zee-zee-zee, at once distinguishable from the song of 

 pinus. 



646. Helminthophila ruficapilla (Wile.). NASHVILLE WAR- 

 BLEK. Ad. Top and sides of the head bluish gray, a partially concealed 

 chestnut patch in the center of the crown ; back and rump bright olive-green ; 

 wings and tail edged with the same and without white ; under parts bright 

 yellow, whiter on the belly. Im. Upper parts dull olive-green, more or less 

 washed with brownish; rump brighter; wings and tail as in the ad.; sides 

 of the head brownish ashy, eye-ring white ; under parts yellowish, brighter 

 on the breast; sides brownish. L., 4-77; W., 2-33; T., 1-81; B. from 

 N., -28. 



Range. Eastern North America ; breeds from northern Illinois and 

 Connecticut northward to Labrador and the fur countries ; winters in the 

 tropics. 



Washington, uncommon T. V., May 5 to 20; Sept. 5 to 20. Sing Sing, 

 tolerably common T. V., May 1 to 27 ; Aug. 11 to Oct. 4 ; may breed. Cam- 

 bridge, rather common S. R., May 5 to Oct. 1, more common T. V. 



Nest, of grasses and moss, lined with finer grasses and fine, hairlike root- 

 lets, on the ground, in partial clearings or tree-grown pastures. Eggs, four 

 to five, white, thickly speckled, chiefly at the larger end, with rufous or cin- 

 namon-brown, -61 x -48. 



This Warbler is an inhabitant of rather open woodland, young 

 second growth, or tree-bordered fields. In addition to the usual chip, 

 it has a sharp, characteristic call-note, while its song is about as likely 

 to attract attention as that of the Chestnut-sided Warbler. Minot 

 writes it " wee -see-wee' -see, wit' -a-wit' -a-wit' " while Langille gives it 

 as " ke-tsee-ke-tsee-ke-tsee-chip-ee-chip-ee-chip-ee-chip" and compares 

 the first half to the penetrating notes of the Black and White Warbler, 

 and the last half to the twitter of the Chipping Sparrow. 



