WOOD WARBLERS. 



861 



\<r Sing, 

 [•oininon 



663* Dendroica dominicai /./"//.). Ykllow-tiiroated WAuitLER. 

 Aii.— \ ytUoic line in t'roiit of the eye uiid u white line over it ; upper jmrti* 

 gray, forehead blackish ; wings and tail edged witii grayish, two white wing- 

 bars; outer tail-feathers with white patches near their tips ; cheeks and sides 

 of the throat black ; a white j>atch on the side of the neck ; throat and breast 

 yellow, belly white, sides streaked with black. L., o-^o ; W., -J-OO; T., ii-01 ; 

 B., 49. 



Range. — Southern United States; breeds as far north as Virginia; winten* 

 from Florida southward; accidental in New York and Massachusetts. 



Washington, rare S. R., rather common in late July ; may breed. 



i\c*^, of twigs, strips of bark, and 7V//rt;/<//(/r/ " moss," lined with vege- 

 table down, tliirty to forty feet from the ground, in jiines or live-oaks, some- 

 times in a bunch of Tillandii'a "moss." £ff(jx, four to five, white or grayish 

 white, with numerous distinct and obscure cinnamon- or olive-brown imirk- 

 ings, sometimes evenly distril uted, sometimes in a wreath at the larger end, 

 •74 X •.V2. 



Some birds are so characteristic of certain places that wherever 

 heard or seen they recall their accustomed haunts. I have only to re- 

 member the song of the Yellow-throated Warltlor to ^'ive form to a 

 mental picture of some tree-bordered stream or bayou in the south. The 

 song bears some resemblance to that of the Indigo Hunting, Vnit has a 

 wilder, more ringing quality. It is to some extent ventriloquial, and 

 this in connection with the rather deliberate movements of the birds, 

 and the fact that they resort to the upper branches, makes it some- 

 times dilTicult Lo locate the singer. 



663a« D. d. albilora Niihjv Sv(a.mouf. \VAuni.T:it.--Similar to the 

 preceding, but with a smaller bill and the line in front of the eye white in- 

 stead of yellow. W., 2-00 ; T., 2-00 ; B., -45. 



fi(in(je. — Breeds in the Mississippi Valley nurtli to Kansas, southern In- 

 diana, and soutlicrn Illinois; cast to western South ('arolimi; migrates south- 

 ward, chiefiy along the west Gulf coast, to Mexico and Central America. 



"The Sycamore Warbler is a common summer resident in the bot- 

 tom-huids [of Illinois], where, according to the writer's experience, it 

 lives chiefly in the large sycamore trees along or near the water courses. 

 On this account it is a dilficult bird to obtain during the breeding 

 season, the male usually keeping in the topmost branches of the tallest 

 trees, out of gunshot and often, practically, out of sight, although its 

 presence is betrayed by its loud, very unwarblerlike song" (Ridg'vay). 



667> Dendroica) vlrens (Gmff.). IbArK-TnitoATKo (Jrkkn War- 

 iw.KR. All. 6. — Upper parts liriglit nlivc-irrcen. back sdiiictiines spotted with 

 black; line over tlie eye and cheeks liriu'lit yellow, car-cnvorts dusky ; two 

 white wing-bars; inner vanes of outer tail-feathers entirely white, n>it>'r web 

 white at the base; throat and breast black; belly white, so iictimes tinged 

 with yellow ; sides streaked with black. Ad. 9 . -Similar, but the black of 



