W VKIJI.KUS. ;;,;;, 



the o*ttr vane of the outer feather white at tho bate; a yellow line oven Uio 

 eye; lore* and a crescent below the eye black ; un-li-r parta bright yellow ; 

 < avily atreaked with black. .!/. 9 . Similar, hut with leas, and sotnc- 

 timea no cbelnut rut->us in tho bark. //. t'ppcr part* uniform aahy olire- 

 greea; m> apparent win* bar*; ut>T tail-feather* with white on their inner 

 webs at the tij* ; ear-covert* aahy ; under part* yellow; aide* iii.li-.tiii.-iU 

 trvakcd witli blackish. I... 4 7.. ; \\ , j aO; T., I'M; B. from N 



Jbmartt.'l'\n- chestnut rufou* patch in tlie buck at once i.l.-ntiflea the 

 adult*; but the young arc puzzling birds, to be known chiefly )>y their atnall 

 aixe, absence of wing- ban* and streaks on the > 



Rang*. Eastern ( tiilod State*; breeds from Florida to Michigan and 

 Mamaehuaett* ; winters from southern Florida southward. 



Wanhintrton. \ery common S. U., Ajil. -JO t.> Si-pt. Sim; Sine, run > 1: . 

 May i t-> Sept. U. Cuinbrid^e, liK-ally comm-m S. K., May * in Sept. 15. 



. of plant flbcrn and plant i|.>wn. lin.-.l with nn.tl.-tn unl lonjf hnin*, in 

 briar\ l>uhe!. H<j<jf, l'"iir t live, w hite, c|H,tt-.l di.itinctl y uixl c.l.s.-nrrly with 

 cinnamon- .-r uli\e -l>n>wn, r i-lii->tnut, chiefly in u wn-utli ut the lun/t-r i-n.l, 

 61 x -48. 



The Yellow, Palm, and Prairie Warblers arc the three " Wood 

 Warblers " that are rarely found in the woods. The latter, however, 

 differs decidedly in habits from either of the former. It is a rather 

 retiring inhabitant of scrubby cleanups bushy hVIds, and pastures, or 

 thickets of young pines and cedars. But while the Prairie, if silent, 

 might readily escape observation, no one with an ear for bird music 

 will pass within sound of a singing bird without at least trying to 

 solve the mystery of its peculiar notes, a series of six or seven quickly 

 repeated *<?, the next to the last one the highest. 



674. Seiurus aurocapillua < /.inn.). OVKN-BIKO; GOLDKN-CROWNKD 



Tiiiti-ii . Fiir. 1"1. i Ail. < 'enter of the crown pale rufous or ochraceoiu- 

 burt. bordered on cither aide by black lines ; root of the upper purls, winyo, 

 and tail brownish olive-green; no win^-bar* or tail-patches; under parts 

 white; the sides of the throat, the brcoHt, and sides stn-iike.l with black. L., 

 V17 : W.. :t-iH); T.. _'!:.; B. from N., -S5. 



Kamjt. Kastern Xi>rth Anu-r'n-n; bn-eds fn>m Kansas and Vinriniu north- 

 ward to Manitoba and Labrador, southward along the Alleghaniea to South 

 Carolina; winter* from Florida southward. 



Waidiinirton, very coiiinmn S. K., A pi. ."> t'> o.-t. 15. 8\ng Sing, common 

 S. R., Apl. 87 to Oct. 10. rntiil.ri.lL'-. abun-laiit S. K., May 6 to Sept 15. 



'. bulky, covered, the entrance at <>ne M.|<-. of coarse fli *<*, weed 

 nUlks, leaves, and rootlcta, on the trround. AW*, four to five, white, speckled 

 or spotted with cinnamon- or rufoiu-brown markintri*. sometimes finely din 

 tributed, nometimes confluent about the larger end, -80 x -60. 



During the nesting season Oven-birds are among our commonest 

 woodland birds. We hear them everywhere ; one singer scarcely ceases 

 before another begins. But when the song period has passed how 



