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Identification Color Chart No. 1, 



Birds conspicuously marKed tauiih y ellotnf about the head, 2/ocA^ Throais. 



A. O. U. No. 666, Golden-cheeked Warbler, 



(fDendwica chiysoparia). 



Range in the U. S. limited to southern Texas. Rare. 

 Length, 4.5 in. Entire back, wings, and tail, black. Yel- 

 low onlv on cheek and line on top of head. White wing 

 bars. Inner webs of outer tail feathers, white. Below 

 white. Nest in cedar trees. 



A. O. U. No. 667, Black-throated Green Warb- 

 ler, {Dendroica virens) 

 N. A. east of the Plains and south of Hudson Bay. 



Common. Found most often in fir trees where it nests. 



Length, 4.5 in. Top of head and back, greenish yellow. 



White wing bars and outer tail feathers. Female has the 



black of the throat indistinct and mixed with yellow. 



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A. O. U. No. 668, Townsend's Warbler. (A'«- 



droica townsendi. ) 



N. A. chiefly west of the Rocky Mountains. Quite 

 common. Breeds in coniferous trees. Length, 4.5 inches. 

 Top of head and cheek, black. Back, greenish marked 

 with black spots. Breast and sides yellow. White wing 

 bars and tail feathers. Female paler and black indistinct. 



A. O. U. No. 669, Hermit Warbler, {T>t"ndroica 

 occidentalis) 



U. S. west of the Rockies and south of Canada. Not 

 common. Length, 4.5 inDhes. Breeds in pine trees. En- 

 tire head, yellow. Back, gray spotted with black. Under 

 parts white. White wing bars and outer tail feathers. 

 Black throat on the female partly replaced with yellow, 

 and head blotched with dusky. 



A. O. U. No. 684, Hooded Warbler, {Sylvania 

 mitrata.) 



U. S. east of the Plains and south of the Great Lakes. 

 Common. Length 5 inches. A ground warbler and nests 

 on the ground. Very active. Catches insects on the 

 wing, like flycatchers. Cheek, forehead, and under parts, 

 \ellow. Black of throat meets that on top of head. Back, 

 wings, and tail, greenish. No wing bars, but outer tail 

 feathers are white. 



