THE MOURNING WARBLER. 



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No. 82. 

 MOURNING WARBLER. 



A. O. U. No. 679. Qeothlypis Philadelphia (Wils.). 



Description. — Adult male : Whole head and neck and fore breast slaty gray, 

 intermixed below with black, which emerges clear on the fore breast ; lores and or- 

 bital ring black ; remaining plumage bright olive-green above, shading into bright 

 yellow below; bill dark above, pale below; feet very light brown. Adult female 

 and immature : Similar, but slate of head more or less overcast by olive-green ; 

 throat dull white or brownish white, — even yellowish ; fore breast dull ashy or 

 grayish brown, shading imperceptibly on sides of neck, etc. Length 5.00-5.75 

 (127.-146.1) ; wing 2.43 (61.7) ; tail 2. 11 (53.6) ; bill .43 (10.9). 



Taken near Obcrlin. 



WARBLER CORNER AGAIN. 



Plwto by the Author. 



THE TiIICKETS IN THE FOREGROUND AFFORD SHELTER TO MOURNING, WILSON .\ND N.'\SH\-ILLE WARBLERS, 



AND NORTHERN YELLOW-THROATS. 



Recognition Marks. — Smaller ; black conspicuous in slaty grav of breast, — 

 abruptly contrasting with yellow below. Female and young obscure, but affording 

 suggestion of contrast on breast when closely scrutinized. 



Nesting. — Not known to breed in Ohio. Nest, on or near the ground, of 

 bark-strips, vegetable fibers and trash, lined with grasses and rootlets and some- 

 times horsehair. Bggs, 4, white, dotted with cinnamon-red near larger end. 

 Av. size, .72 X .52 (18.3 X 13.2). 



