WOOD WARBLERS. 



343 



IRBLER. 



second 

 luces. 



lKRLKR. 



liicuous 

 ps. 



iRnLER. 



B. Under pnrU* with rufouK-hroten Htrcnks. 



a. Crown yellow, buck greenish, inner bonier of tail-fenthers yel- 

 low; guncrul upiHiurancc thut of u yellow liird; liuunU* luwns, 

 orclianls, und second growths; rarely seen iti deep woods; ubun- 

 dunt (i'l'J. Yki.i.ow Wauiii.kk. 



b. Crown chestnut, back brownish, outer tail-feathers tipped with 

 white; haunts near the ground, frecjueiitly seen along roadsides 

 and in old fields; niovo.'uents leisurely, constantly wags its tail; 

 connnon . 67ii. Palm VVarim.kk. t'>7-'J. Ykllow I'alm Waium.kk. 



IV. Throat white or whitish, with strealu or spots on the 

 under parts. (In two species a yellow patch on the 

 sides of the breast.) 



1. A pateli of yellow on the sides of tlie breast. 



a. Back grayish, streaked w ith bhuk ; rutnp and a • urtly concealed 

 crown-patch yellow; note, u loud tchiji, generally uttered during 



Hight; abundant 655. Myrtle Wakiiler. 



' b. Back brown, breast nio.e or less spotted with black; a yellow band 

 across the middle of wings and tail; nioveiueiits active, tail fre- 

 quently spread, the yellow bund showing consj)icuously ; abundant. 



Gb7. Keustart (hn.). 



2. No yellow patch on the sides of the breast. 



A. With wing-bars; back streaked with black; haunts in trees. 



a. Back bright blue ; very rare near the Atlantic coast. 



G5S. Cerllean VVarblkb. 



b. Back grayish, crown black ; movements slow ; abundant. 



6C1. Black-poll Warbler. 



c. Back greenish yellow, crown briirht yellow, sides chestnut; com- 

 mon 059. CUKSTNCT-SUIEU Warbler. 



£. Without wing-burs; back not streaked; haunts on or near the 

 groiuid ; tcaU-ers, not /toppers. 



a. Crown pale rufous, bordered by black streaks ; song, a loud tencfwr, 

 repeated eight or nine times and increasing in volume ; coiimion. 



674. OVENBIRU. 



b. Crown like the back, brea.it with a tinge of sulphur-yellow, an 

 inconspicuous buffy line over the eye ; bill less than -50 in length ; 

 common 675. Water Thr .sh. 



c. Crown like the back, breast and particularly flanks tinged with 

 bulfy, a conspicuous white line over the eye; bill nearly -75 in 

 length ; a far shyer bird than the preceding; song loud and ring- 

 ing; not common 676, Louisiana Water Thrush. 



686. Mnlotilta varla (Z/nn.\ Black and White Warbler; Black 

 AND White Creeper. (Fig. 1)3.) Ad. i .—No yellow anywhere ; upper parts 

 streaked with black and white; ear-coverts black; inner webs ofouter tail- 

 feathers with white patches; wing-coverts black, tipped with white; throat 

 and upper breast black or black and white; sides streaked with black and 

 white; middle of the belly white. Ad. 9 .—Similar, but the under parts 

 with fewer black streaks; sides washed with brownish. Iin. s, — Similar to 



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