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WOOD WARBLERS. 



throHt nnd breast more or loss mixed with yellnwisli. Im. — Similtir to tlio 

 V , liut with more yellow on the throat, the bliiek .sometimes beinj^ nlmo.st 

 entirely hidden or wantin;,'. L., fvlO; W., a4(> ; T., MUi; B. from N., -a"). 



Hi iiKtrlcH. — The t)ri<rlit yellow eheekH of this speeies. in eonneetion with 

 the l«rgc nmoiint of white in tlic tail, will serve to distinguish it in any 

 plumage. 



Itanye. — Eastern North Amerieu; breeds from northern Illinois and Con- 

 neetieut northward to Hudson ]iay and southward along the AUeghanies to 

 South Carolina; winters in the tropies. 



Wasiiington, very eommon T. V., Apl. '.J") to May 28 ; Aug. 28 to Oet. 21. 

 Sing Sing, eommon T. \'., Apl. 30 to June 8 ; Stpt. 1 to Oet. 26; a few breed, 

 Cambridge, very common S. li., May 1 to Oet. 1.'). 



Nest^ of small twigs and moss, lined with rootlets, fine grasses, and ten- 

 drils, in eoniterous trees, fifteen to tiflty feet from the ground. /.>/»/.«, four, 

 wliite, ilislinetly and obscurely spottetl and speekled with t)live-bn)wn or 

 uml)er, eliieily at the larger end, '(JG x •4<5. 



When migrating this species joins the ranks of the Warlilei anriy 

 and visits wooded land of ahnost any kind. When nesting it prefers 

 coniferous forests, where it i5< a dweller among the tree tops. 



While resembling its congeners in general habits, the song of the 

 Black-throated Green is so unlike their generally humble ditties that 

 the bird seems posse£si>d of more character than they impress us with 

 having. Mr. Btirroughs graphically represents its notes by straight 



lines: V ; a novel method of musical annotation, but 



which nevertheless will aid one in recognizing the bird's song. There 

 is a quality ii\yo\\t it like the droning of bees; it seems to voice the 

 i-estfulness of a midsummer day. 



TowNSKNT^s WAKm.KU {068. Deii'h'nica fownseiidl), a speeies of western 

 Kortti .Vmeriea, has been onee reeorded from Tennsylvaniu. 



670« DendrolcfL ^HH il Bf**d* Bain/, KntTi.AKi)'s WAmn.KK. A</. — 

 Head bluish gray, sometimes spotted with bluek ; lores and sides of the thntat 

 blaek; baek brownish nshy, spotted with bla.'k ; i\o white wing-lmrs; outer 

 tail-feathers with white patches on their inner wcIks at the tips ; under parts 

 pale yellow; sides streaked and spotted with bluek. L., TiTr) ; \V., 2;.j; T., 

 2-30; B. from N., -32. 



//a;/ V.'.— Migrates thmugli southeastern Tnited States and Mis.sissippi 

 Valley (South Carolina, Virginia, Missom-i, Ohio, Michigan, Wivscon.siii) ; 

 summer home unknown ; winters in the Bnhnnu\s. 



Washington, eusmd T. V., one record, Scjn. 25, 18^7. 



The dozen or more sppeimens,-f this rare Warbler which have l)een 

 taken in the United Stales were captured in late Ajtril and May and 

 late September and Octo\)er. Six specimetis have l)een reconled from 

 Michigan, all taken in May. and it is possible those birds were en route 

 to a nesting ground in the Hudson Ikiy region. It is not uncommon 

 in winter in the Bahamas. 



