WOOD \V.\KIM.I 343 



A Under put* with r*fou* t>nm streaks. 



. Crown yellow, back grv-ni*li, inn.T border ..f tail-feathers yel- 

 low ; grin-mi appearance that of a vt-ll.nv bird; haunu lawns, 

 orchard*, and second growth*; rarvly wen in !.-. |. .U; abun- 

 dant 6658. YELLOW WARBLER. 



rown chestnut, back brownish, outer tuil fi-nthi-nt tip|>cd with 



white ; haunt* near the ground, frequently seen along roadside* 



and in old tit-Id* ; m\<- n-iit.- lci.->un-ly. n.nnUintly wags ita tail; 



common . 672. I'ALM WARHLKR. '7 -'!. YKU.OW I'M M WARBLER. 



IV. Throat white or whitish, with streaks or spots on the 



under parts. (In two species a yellow patch on the 



. sides of the breast. 



1. A patch of yellow on tin- .-i-li - <>ftli<- breast. 



a. Back grayish, streaked with l.la.-k ; rump and a partly concealed 

 crown-patch yellow; note, a loud (chip, gem-rally uttered during 

 flight; abundant 655. MYKTI.E WARBLER. 



b. Back brown, breast more or lens spotted with black ; a yellow band 

 acrom the middle of wings and tail; movements active, tail fre- 

 .|in-ntly spread, the yellow band showing conspicuously ; abundant 



687. KtDMTAKT lllii). 



2. No yellow patch on the aides of the breast 



.1. With wing-bare; back streaked with black; haunt** in trees. 



a. Back bright blue ; very rare near the Atlantic coast. 



658. C'KKfi.tAN WARBLER. 



b. Back grayish, crown black ; movements slow ; abundant 



''I. KI.AI-K-IMII.L WARBLER. 



e. Back greenish yellow, crown bright yellow, sides chestnut; com- 

 mon 659. CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER. 



B. Without wing-ban; back not streaked; haunts on or near the 

 ground ; wnlkert, not hopptn. 



a. Crown pale rufous, burden -d by t.la-k ftn-aks ; song. 

 repeated eitfht --r nim- tinu-s iin.l im-r-ifinir in volume : 



OVENBIRP. 



b. Crown like the back, breast with a tinge of sulphur-yellow, an 

 inconspicuous buffy liin- o\<-r tlu- t-ye; bill less than -50 in length ; 

 common 675. WATER TIIRCSII. 



e. Crown like the back, breast and particularly flanks tinged with 



buffy, a conspicuous white line over the eye; bill nearly -75 in 



length ; a far shyer bird than the preceding ; song loud and ring- 



. nt common 676. LOUISIANA WATER TIIKIMI. 



636. Mnlotilta, varia /.inn.). BLACE AND WHITE WARBLER; BLACK 

 AND WHITE CRKEPEK. (Fig. 93.) Ad. 6 . No yellow any wlu-n- ; upper parts 

 streaked with black and white: car-covert* blm-k : 'mm r webs of outer tail- 

 feathers with white patches; wing-coverts black. tip|-d with white; throat 

 and upper breast black or black and white; Mde* ntrvnkcd with black and 

 white; middle of the belly white. A>1. 9. Similar, but the under parts 

 with fewer black streaks ; side* washed with brownish. 7m. a .Similar to 



