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Throat and underparts, dull yellowish green ; crown, green, with partly 

 concealed orange brown patch in centre (wanting in young birds) ; outer 

 tail feathers, narrowly edged with white on inner web ; rest of tail 

 feathers, without white ; no white spot at base of primaries. 



Orange=crowned Warbler. 



Helminthophila celata. 

 See No. 492. 



Throat and underparts, buffy white; crown and back, olive green; bases of 

 primaries, white, forming a small spot on wing (female). 



Black-throated Blue Warbler. 



Dendroica ccerulescens. 

 See No. 497. 



Throat, gray; belly, white (breast, often washed with yellow); crown, yel- 

 lowish green; wing coverts, broadly tipped with yellow (female). 



Golden-winged Warbler. 



Helminthophila chrysoptera . 

 See No. 488. 



Group 3. Wing, 2.75 to 3.25 inches long. 



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Part 1. The following species have the throat, breast, and belly, yel- 



