WOOD WARBLERS. 



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the eye; crown, region below tlie eye, and the side of tlie throat bluck ; rent 

 of the uppiT purts, winj^s, und tail olive-jrrecn ; no win^r-lmrN or tail-i)atehe.s ; 

 ui'der parts bright yellow. Ad. 9 .— Similar, but the bluck area** more gray- 

 isii and les.s clearly defined. L., .V40; \V., '.>i;(); T., IIK); B. from N., •.'i'J. 



liniKje. — Eat<tjrn United States; breeds from the Gulf Slates to Iowa and 

 Connecticut; winters in Central .America. 



VVaj*hington, not very uncommon S. R., May 3 to Sept. 5. Sing Sing, 

 common S. K., May '2 to Aug. '27. 



i\W, bulky, of twigs and rootleb*, finnly wrapped with several thicknesses 

 of leaves, lined with tine rootlets, on or near tiie grountl. /.';/;//(, four to H\e. 

 white or grayish white, finely and evenly speckled or coarsely blotchetl witli 

 rufous to umber, "72 x -oS. 



The Kentucky Warbler frequents rather densely grown, well- 

 watered wood.s. Here he may be found, on or near the ground, hop- 

 ping from limb to limb or walking about searching for food. When 

 singing, he generally mounts to the lower branches of the higher trees. 

 His song is entirely unlike that of any other Warbler. It is a loud, 

 clearly whistled performance of five, si.x, or seven notes — tiir-dle, tur- 

 dle, tur-dle — resenibling in tone some of the calls of the Carolina Wren. 

 Even in the woods it may be heard at a distance of about one himdred 

 and fifty yards. 



In the height of the breeding season this Warbler is a most per- 

 sistent singer. On one occasion, at Englewood, N. J., I watched a 

 male for three hours. During this period, with the exception of five 

 interruptions of less than forty-five seconds each, he sang with the 

 greatest regularity once every twelve seconds. Thus, allowing for the 

 brief intervals of silence, he sang about 875 times, or some 5,250 notes. 

 1 found him. singing, and when I departed he showed no .signs of 

 ceasing. 



678^ GeothlypiB ai^iliS {Wih.). Connecticut Warbler. Ad. S. 

 —Head, neck, and breast bluish gray, lighter on the throat; crown in the fall 

 tipped with olive-green ; eye-ring white ; rest of upper parts, wings, and tail 

 olive-preen; no wing-bars or tail-patches; belly yellow; sides washed with 

 olive-green. Ad. 9 and /w.—Similar to the 6 , but upper parts uniform olive- 

 green; throat and breast pale grayish brown; belly pale yellow. L., 540; 

 W., 2-90: T., 1-PO; B. from N., -32. 



Jianfje.— Eastern North America; breeds, as far as known, in Manitoba; 

 winters in northern South America. 



Washington, T. V., very rare in spring, late May : common from Aug. 28 

 to Oct. 15. '^Sing Sing, rare T. V., Aug. 2(i to Oct. 9. Cambridge, fall T. V., 

 sometimes locally abundant, Sept. 10 to 30. 



Ned, of dry gra.sses, on the ground. FtjffK, four, white, with a few spots of 

 like-purple, brown, and black about the larger end, -75 x -60 (Thompson, 

 Auk, i, 1884, p. 192). 



"Connecticut Warbler" is an unfor+unate misnomer for this spe- 



