WOOL \v.\i;i!i.i-:i;<. 



with no black ou the head or broMt I,., 5-7; W., 2-58; T., 2-30; B. from 

 X., 31. 



Ka*y. Eastern l'n:t. .1 State*; breeds aa far north an nouthcrn Michigan 

 and southern r,.nrn ti.-ut, and winter* in < . utml America. 



Washington, ran T. V., may breed; May 1 to 30; Aug. 15 to Sv|*. 1ft. 

 Sept. 1. 



AVrf, of leaves, atrip* of bark, and r-'tlrts, lin.-.l with fine granm and 

 h !' u hush T .-upling, about four feet uj>. /.j/</, fur to 

 live, white or creamy white, rather thinly xjx-okled or spotted with rufoua or 

 >>rown, generally in a wreath at the larger end, " 1 x '53. 



This beautiful bird is a lover of well-watered, rather densely grown 

 woods. It is a bird of the lower growth rather than tin- trees, but is 

 not a thicket-haunter, and its habit of flitting restlessly from bush to 

 bush n-ndcrs it easily observed. When <>n the wing it-s white outer 

 tail-feathers are conspicuously displayed, and, with the striking mark- 

 ings of the head, make an excellent field murk. 



The song of the Hooded Warbler is sweet and graceful. It is sub- 

 ject to much variation, but as a rule consists of eight or nine notes. 

 To ray ear the bird seems to say, " You must come to the woods, or 

 you won't see me." 



Its call-note is n sharp, characteristic cheep, frequently uttered when 

 the bird is anxious for the safety of its nest or young, and accompanied 

 by a flit of the tail, which reveals the white outer tail-feathers. 



685. Sylvania pusiLLa 11,7,.). WILTON'S WARBLER (Fig. 1"7. 

 Ad. . Forehead yellow, crown black; rest of the upper parts, winjj*, and 

 tail bright ->li\i -irr. > n ; no wing-bart or tail-pntchr* ; under piirt* l>rijflit \ < 1 

 low; lull with bristlit* at it* baso. Ad. 9. Similar, but generally without 

 the black cap. 1m. Similar, but without t>la< k .-up. 1... :. -M. : \\ .. -j -jl ; T., 

 2O3; B. from N . 



/..North America; breeds from Rrt'mh Tolumbia, Minnesota, and 

 Nova Scotia northward ; winters in (Vntnil America. 



Waahington, rather eommnii T. V., May 8 V> 23; Aug. 28 to Sept. 15. 

 Sing Sing, tolerably eommon T. V., May 9 to 30; Aug. 10 to Sept 9. Cam- 

 May 1-J to _'.'; Sept 1 to 0. 



. of leave* and grasses, lined with fine gnuwv.Hn:l hairs, >n thegnuind. 

 Egg*, four to five, white, speckled with cinnamon rufous and lu vender-gray, 

 5 x -48 (P:. 



The Black-cap frequents the lower woodland growth, and is gen- 

 erally found near water. Like other members of tin- p-ims. it has 

 decided talents as a flycatcher, and captures much of its prey on the, 

 i.irtini; out into the air, but does not, like a true Flycatcher, 

 return to the same pen-It. 



Its song is compand by Minot to that of the Redstart r Yellow 

 Warbler, while Xuttall writes it " 'th-'tsh~'tsh-'tahta," and to Goss i( 

 sounds like "tt-tee~zee~zr> 



