25O WARBLERS. 



north to Labrador; rare during migration east of the Alle- 

 ghanies and Hudson River Valley ; winters in Central Amer- 

 Fig. 327. ica ; south in Aug. and Sep. ; north 



in May. Song, a little like 7, but 

 the first part is more divided and 

 the last part shriller. 



s. Orang-e Warblers. 

 Protonotaria. 



Large; bill, large, long, and 

 acute ; wings, long; color, quite 

 uniform. Nest in holes of trees. 

 Ancestral origin, north-western S. 

 CC, H, r, 8. A. 



1. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, P. CITREA. 5.40; 

 greater part of head and beneath, rich yellow ; back, orange- 

 green ; rump and wings, bluish ; all but terminal portion of 

 inner webs of all but two central tail feathers, white, plate 

 22, A 1. Female, duller. Breeds in river bottoms from Fla. 

 to Ya. west to the Mississippi Valley ; winters in northern 

 S. A. ; north in April ; south in Aug. and Sep. ; casual as far 

 north as N. E. and New Brunswick. Song, loud and not un- 

 like the "Peet tweet" of the spotted sandpiper; also gives a 

 flight song which is a low, sweet warble. 



t. Buffy Warblers. Helmitheros. 

 Plain-colored warblers with stout bills and striped heads. 

 Ground nesting. Sexes, similar. Ancestral origin, northern 

 S. A. 



1. WORM-EATING WARBLER, H. VERMIVORUS. 5.35; 

 greenish above; head, and beneath, buffy; stripe on side of 

 crown and behind eye, dull black, plate 22, B. Breeds from 

 S. C. to southern N. Y., west to 111. and Ind. ; casual further 

 north (Mass., N. Y., Mich., etc.); winters in Fla., Bahamas, 

 West Indies, and Mexico; north in April; south in Aug. 

 Frequents low woodlands, nesting on the ground. Song, a 

 feeble trill. 



