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Warbler is so nearly like that of the Chipping Sparrow that tho 

 two are often confused. Both sexes have the black and yellow 

 stripes on the head, and, by the same markings, this species may be 

 known at every stage of its plumage-development. 



Geog. Dist. Eastern United States, southward from New York. 



W. Va. Dist. Very common in well-wooded sections of the state. 



Nest On the ground. Four to six spotted eggs. Breeds in West 

 Virginia. 



Food Forest insects that keep near the ground. Very little 

 seems to be known concerning the food-habits of this species. 



641. Blue-winged Warbler (Helminthophila pinus). One speci- 

 men, male adult. 



Geog. Dist. Eastern United States, from iiouthem New England 

 southward. 



W. Va. Dist. There are very few records of the occurrence of 

 this Warbler in our state. 



Nest On the ground. 



Food Larvae that feed on oak and chestnut leaves, and other 

 insects. 



642. Golden-winged Warbler (Helminthophila chrysoptera ) . 

 Male and female. This species may be found about old brier-fields 

 and in open woods. A very beautiful bird. When once the song 

 of this bird is heard, it is not likely to be forgotten. 



Geog. Dist. Eastern United States, north to southern New 

 England. 



W. Va. Dist. Rather rare summer resident in most parts of 

 the state. In Wood and Upshur Counties, I have observed this 

 species in the nesting season. In the summers of 1907 and 1908 

 I found this bird breeding in considerable numbers in the glados 

 about Cowen, Webster County. 



Nest On or near the ground in fields or glades or open woods. 



Food ''This bird must be a great destroyer of leaf lice and small 

 caterpillars that infest the tips of branches and the underside of 

 leaves, for they are continually searching and picking at the open- 

 ing buds and waxen leaves at the ends of new twigs, the male 

 pausing frequently to sing. At times their actions remind one 

 of the Gnatcatcher in flitting hither and thither snatching up 

 small winged mites." (See Jacobs, "The Haunts of the Golden- 

 winged Warbler", p. 22). 



