278 BIRDS OF NORTH CAROLINA 



277. Vermivora pinus (Linn.). BLUE- WINGED WARBLER. 



Description: Ad. male. Crown and entire underparts bright yellow, a black line through the 

 eye; back and rump bright olive-green; wings and tail bluish gray; greater and middle wing- 

 coverts tipped with white or yellowish white; outer three tail-feathers with large white patches 

 on their inner webs, fourth feather with a much smaller patch. Ad. female. Similar, but yellow 

 on the head confined to the forehead; underparts duller. L., 4.80; W., 2.40; T., 1.80; B. from 

 N., .33. (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) 



Range. Eastern United States in summer, but mainly west of the Alleghanies, except north 

 of latitude 40. Winters in Mexico and Central America. 



Range in North Carolina. So far, only known as a rare transient at Raleigh and a rare summer 

 visitor in Buncombe County. 



Fict. 224. BLUE-WINGED WARBLER. 



The Blue-winged Warbler appears to be partial to upland woods, in or near 

 which it builds its nest on the ground or only a few inches above it. The eggs are 

 four or five in number, and are white in ground-color, speckled faintly and spar- 

 ingly with brown. Size .65 x .51. 



We have very few records of this species in the State, and outside of Raleigh 

 it has been recorded only from Buncombe County, where Cairns called it an un- 

 common summer visitor, adding that it bred in that region; Pearson found two 

 males at Montreat, Buncombe County, in July, 1903. At Raleigh it has been taken 

 on May 6, 1907, and April 30, 1915, in spring, and on various dates from August 

 20 to September 4 in the fall, having been taken by H. H. and C. S. Brimley and 

 Bruner. Only two of the specimens secured were females, and these had the wing- 

 bars tinged with yellow, and not pure white. All the Raleigh specimens were found 

 in woods of mixed pine and oak. 



278. Vermivora chrysoptera (Linn.). GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. 



Description. Ashy gray above; forehead, crown, and wing-patch bright yellow; throat and 

 loral stripe and ear-coverts, black in adult males, deep gray or dusky olive in females. Cheeks, 

 above and below the black, and lower parts, white. L., 5.10; W., 2.45; T., 1.95. 



Range. Eastern North America, breeding from North Carolina (in the mountains) north- 

 ward. Wintering in West Indies, Mexico, etc. 



Range in North Carolina. So far, known as a transient at Raleigh and a summer visitor in the 

 mountains. 



The Golden-winged Warbler, easily known from our other species by the black 

 throat, ashy upperparts, and yellow wing-patch, has been taken at Raleigh only on 

 May 7 in 1889, the same date, 1891, and on August 26, 1886, and August 30, 1893. 

 In the mountains, however, it appears to be more common, arriving apparently 



