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whitish ring round eye; wings and tail unmarked, glossed with olive ; under 

 mandible and feet pale ; no decided markings anywhere. Length, 5^ ; wing, 

 2f ; tail, 2. 



Hab. Eastern North America, breeding north of the United States. 



Nest and eggs unknown. ' 



The Connecticut Warbler was discovered by Wilson, and 

 named by him after the State in which he found it. It is a 

 widely distributed species but is nowhere abundant, though it 

 seems to be more common in the west than in the eastern por- 

 tion of its habitat. It is of shy, retiring habits, frequenting low, 

 swampy places and keeping near the ground. 



On one or two occasions I have met with the adults in 

 spring, and have seen them again in the fall accompanied with 

 their young. In their haunts and habits they closel}^ resemble 

 the Mourning Warbler, and in certain stages of plumage they 

 are also like each other in appearance, but the present species 

 can always be recognized by its wings, which are longer and 

 more pointed. 



This species undoubtedly breeds in Ontario, and as the nest 

 and eggs are still unknown to naturalists there is here a prize 

 which our Canadian boys should try to secure. I foimd the 

 young in August, and they certainly looked as if they had 

 not travelled far. 



273. GEOTHLYPIS PHILADELPHIA (Wils.). 679. ■ 

 Mourning Warbler. 



Bright olive, below clear yellow ; on the head the olive passes insensibly 

 into ash ; in high plumage the throat and breast are black, but are generally 

 ash showing black traces, the feathers being black, skirted with ash, produc- 

 ing a peculiar appearance suggestive of the birds wearing crape ; wings and 

 tail unmarked, glossed with olive ; under mandible and feet flesh color ; no 

 white about eyes. Young birds have little or no ashy on the head and no 

 black on the throat, thus nearly resembling the Oporornis agilis. Length, 

 5|-5 J ; wing and tail, each about 2J. 



Hab. Eastern North America to the Plains ; breeding from the moun- 

 tainous portions of Pennsylvania, New England and New York, and North- 

 ern Michigan northward. Central America and Northern South America in 

 winter. 



