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WARBLERS. 



1. CAPE MAY WARBLER, P. TIGRINA. 5.00; cheeks, 

 chestnut ; top of head, black; back, greenish, spotted with 

 Fig. 313. black ; streaks on breast and 



sides, black, fig. 313. Fe- 

 male, tinged with grayish 

 above and below, duller; 

 streakings indistinct. Breeds 

 from northern N. E., north- 

 ern Mich, north to Hudson 

 Bay: winters in Key West, 

 Bahamas, and the West In- 

 dies ; north in May ; south in 

 Sep. Frequents woodlands 

 and orchards. Song, a low, 

 lively, rather pleasing war- 

 CC, H, e, 1. 1-3. ble. 



f. Spotted Warblers. Maculocaiitor. 

 Wings and tail shorter than in d, the former rounded; 

 upper tail coverts, short, and about equal in length ; wholly 

 yellow below, large white wing patch and band of spots cross- 

 ing inner webs of tail in middle. Type, Motacilla maculosa 

 Gmelin. Origin of group, Central America. 



1. BLACK AND YELLOW WARBLER, M. MACULOSA. 

 5.00; band of black spots crossing breast having pendants ex- 

 tending along sides; top of head, slaty-blue; back, black; 

 rump, yellow, fig. 314. Female and young, considerably 

 duller. Breeds from the elevated regions of western Mass, 

 west to Mich., north to Hudson Bay; winters in Mexico and 

 Central America ; north in May ; south in Sep. Common, but 

 less so most seasons in eastern Mass. Song, a.short, pleasing, 

 rather broken, warble. Frequents woodlands and thickets. 



g. Azure Warblers. Azuria. 

 Small warblers with rather short bills, long wings fold- 

 ing beyond the middle of the short tail which has white spots 

 on the inner webs of all the feathers ; two wing bands ; blue 



