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Birds with unmarKed yeltotaf Throats. 



A. O. U. No. 663, Yellow-throated Warbler. 

 ( Dendroica domiuica . ) 



Common in the Atlantic States, chiefly soutli of New 

 England. Length, 5 inches. Nests in pine trees. Top 

 of head and back, gray. Black of forehead separated from 

 black cheek by white line over eye. Under parts white. 

 White wing bars and outer tail feathers. Sub-species:— 

 No. 663a. Sycamore Warbler. (D. dominica albilora). 

 A lighter form of above, found in li.e Mississippi valley 

 and west to Ihe Plains. 



A. O. U. No. 664, Grace's Warbler, {Uendwica 

 graciae) 



Southern New Mexico and Arizona. Rare. Nests in 

 pines. Length, 4.5 inches. Yellow of throat extends 

 around eye. Gray crown edged with black. Black spots 

 in middle of gray back. White wing bars and outer tail 

 feathers. 



A. O. U. No. 677, Kentucky Warbler, (Geotb- 



lypis fonnosa.) 



Middle and southern parts of U. S. east of the Plains. 

 Common. A ground warbler, nesting on ground in 

 woods. Length, 5.5 inches. Yellow stripe over eye 

 separates black crown from black cheek. Back, wings, 

 and tail, greenish unmarked. Below yellow. 



A. O. U. No. 681, Maryland Yellow-throat, (Gco- 



thylpis trichas). 



Eastern U. S. and southeastern Canada. Very com- 

 mon. Nest on ground. Length, 5 inches. Black mask 

 around eye extending across forehead. Greenish back 

 and tail, unmarked. Female without black mask. Sub- 

 species; — No. 68ia, — West Yellowthroat (G. t. occiden- 

 talis) U. S. west of Mississippi valley. No. 681 b. Fla. 

 Yellow-throat (G. t. ignota) Fla. and southern Ga. No. 

 682 Belding's Yellow-throat (G. beldingi) Lower Calif. 

 No. 682, I Rio Grande Yellow-throat. (G. poliocephala 

 ralphi) Rio Grande Valley. 



A. O. U. No. 683, Yellow-breasted Chat, {kteria 



virens.) 



U. S. east of the Plains. Very common, noisy and 

 mimical. Nest on ground in thicket. Length, 7.5 inches. 

 Black spot below and in front of eye. Crown and 

 cheek, gray. Back, greenish unmarked. Sub-species; — 

 No. 68?a. Long-tailed Chat. (1. V. longi'auda) U. S. 

 west of Plains and south of British Columbia. 



