irs white, 



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 fcen typ- 



say what 

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 ses of its 

 ut River 

 •ysoptera. 

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 hers have 

 , 1879, p. 

 , iv, 1887, 

 9, p. 305 ; 

 ; X, 1893, 



AUltl.EU.— 



ptT parts 



)ur outer 



a yellow 



)rea.st and 



yellow, 



with yel- 



c-(freen. 



ysoptera ,' 



in other 



the two. 



tlie ret'er- 



.rblcr, and 



N-wmoEn 

 per parts 



ahout the 

 line over 



and outer 



the wing; 



ebs at tlio 



WOOD WARBLERS. 



349 



tip, fourth feather with a ftinallcr pateh ; lower breast and belly white; sides 

 grayish. Ad. V . — Similar, but the erown duller, tlie patvh on the sides of 

 the head and throat grayish instead of blaek. L., olo; W., '24(j; T., 1-'J4; 

 B. from N., -U. 



Bange. — Eastern L'nited States; breeds from Imliana and northern New 

 Jersey north to Miehigan, southern Ontario, and Vermont; south along the 

 AUeghanies to South Carolina; winters in Central Ameriea. 



Washington, uneommon T. V., May 1 to 2.S ; Aug. Sing Sing, rare S. R., 

 May 8 to Aug. "Jo. Cand)ridgc, not uneommon S. K., May VI to Aug. 25. 



i^'tst, mueh like that of 7/. piitux, on or near the ground, in second 

 growtiis or busliy lields. J'-]/(Js, four to six, white, speckled and spotted, 

 chielly about the larger end, with cinnamon-brown, chestnut, or umber, 

 •ti2 X -50. 



In their actions and choice of haunts the Golden-winged resemble 

 the Blue-winged W^arblers. Their song is of much the same quality, 

 but the notes are all of the same kind and length, and the bird uttcs 

 a rather lazy zee-zee-zee-zee, at once distinguishable from the song of 



646> Helminthophila ruficapilla ( Wi/f.). Nasuville Wak- 

 BLEK. Ad. — Top and sides of the head bluish gray, a partially concealed 

 chedn ut jtatch in the center of the erown ; back and rump bright olive-green ; 

 wings and tail edged with the same and wit/ioiit v,]i\iii\ under parts briglit 

 yellow, winter on tiie belly. ///(.—Upper parts dull olive-green, more or less 

 washed with brownish; rump brigliter; wings and tail as in the ad.; sides 

 of the head brownish ashy, eye-ring wliite; under parts yellowish, brighter 

 on tlie breast; sides brownisli. L., 477; VV., 2-3:}; T., 1'81 ; B. from 

 N., -28. 



liangi'. — Eastern Nortli America; breeds from northern Illinois and 

 Connecticut northward to Labrador and the fur countries; winters in the 

 tropics. 



Washington, uncommon T. V., May 5 to 20; Sept. 5 to 20. Sing Sing, 

 tolerably common T. V., May 7 to 27; Aug. 11 to Oct. 4; nuiy breed. Cam- 

 bridge, ratlier common S. R., May 5 to Oct. 1, more common T. V. 



Nest., of grasses and moss, lined with finer grasses and fine, liairlike root- 

 lets, on the ground, in partial clearings or tree-grown pastures. Eijgs, four 

 to five, white, thickly speckled, chiefiy at the larger end, with rufous or cin- 

 namon-brown, "(jl X "48. 



This W^arbler is an inhabitant of rather open woodland, j'oung 

 second growth, or tree-bordered fields. In addition to the usual chip, 

 it has a sharp, characteristic call-note, while its song is about as likely 

 to attract attention as that of the Chestnut-sided Warbler. Minot 

 writes it ^^ wee -see-wee -see, wi't'-n-wit'-a-wif," while Langille gives it 

 as "ke-lsee.-ke-fsee-ke-fsee-chip-ee-chip-ee-c?iip-ee-c?iip,'" and compares 

 the first half to the penetrating notes of the Black and White Warbler, 

 and the last half to the twitter of the Chipping Sparrow. 



