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684 Wilsonia citrina (Boddaert). 



Hooded Warbler. 



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PLATE 72. 



Adults. Length, 5-5.70. Wing, 2.60. Forehead and sides of face, bright 

 yellow ; rest of head, throat and breast, jet black ; remainder of upper surface, 

 olive-green ; lower surface, bright yellow, paler on the under tail-coverts ; two 

 outer pairs of tail feathers mainly white on the inner web, next pair with a ter- 

 minal white spot. Female usually with less black than male, with no black 

 whatever in the first breeding season. 



Young in first autumn. Male similar to adult, but black everywhere veiled 

 with yellow tips to the feathers ; female with no black at all. 



Nest of fine strips of bark, leaves and grass, situated in the crotch of a bush ; 

 eggs, four to five, white, with reddish-brown spots around the larger end, 

 .70 x .50. 



Common summer resident in the pine barren swamps in the lower 

 Hudson Valley, and about Greenwood and Wawayanda Lakes 

 (Rhoads) ; a rare transient elsewhere. Arrives April 30th, departs 

 September 15th. 



In the cedar swamps of the pine barrens, near Dennisville and 

 Seaville, Cape May county, and Mays Landing, Atlantic county, I 

 have found this Warbler quite plentiful, and Mr. Harlow has found it 

 at Clementon. Its clear warble is easily recognized after it has once 

 been heard, and has been represented by Mr. Langille, by the syllables 

 "che-ree. che-ree, che-ree, chi-di-ee." 



The Hooded Warbler is a beautiful bird, and in the cedar swamps 

 the rich black and yellow of his plumage stand out with great dis- 

 tinctness. 



In the lower Delaware Valley the bird is very rare, and Mr. Babson 

 reports it as only a casual migrant at Princeton, and Mr. Miller as 

 rare at Plainfield. 



At Englewood, Bergen county, Mr. Chapman 1 states that it is an 

 abundant -summer resident, and according to Mr. Bowdish it is locally 

 common at Demarest. Mr. Rhoads also found it at Alpine. 2 



1 Birds Vicinity of N. Y., p. 7.1. 



2 Cassinia, 1901, p. 50. 



