Dusky, Gray, and Slate-colored 



running through the eye and round back of crown, and a 

 black spot in front of eye, extending to cheeks. Ear coverts, 

 chin, and underneath white. Back greenish gray and slate, 

 streaked with black. Sides of bird chestnut. Wings, which 

 are streaked with black and yellow, have yellowish-white 

 bars. Very dark tail with white patches on inner vanes of 

 the outer quills. 



Female — Similar, but duller. Chestnut sides are often scarcely 

 apparent. 



Range — Eastern North America, from Manitoba and Labrador to 

 the tropics, where it winters. 



Migrations — May. September. Summer resident, most common 

 in migrations. 



In the Alleghanies, and from New Jersey and Illinois north- 

 ward, this restless little warbler nests in the bushy borders of 

 woodlands and the undergrowth of the woods, for which he for- 

 sakes our gardens and orchards after a very short visit in May. 

 While hopping over the ground catching ants, of which he seems 

 to be inordinately fond, or flitting actively about the shrubbery 

 after grubs and insects, we may note his coat of many colors — 

 patchwork in which nearly all the warbler colors are curiously 

 combined. With drooped wings that often conceal the bird's 

 chestnut sides, which are his chief distinguishing mark, and with 

 tail erected like a redstart's, he hunts incessantly. Here in the 

 garden he is as refreshingly indifferent to your interest in him as 

 later in his breeding haunts he is shy and distrustful. His song is 

 bright and animated, like that of the yellow warbler. 



Golden-winged Warbler 



( Helminthophila chrysoptera) Wood Warbler family 



Length — About 5 inches. More than an inch shorter than the 

 English sparrow. 



Male — Yellow crown and yellow patches on the wings. Upper 

 parts bluish gray, sometimes tinged with greenish. Stripe 

 through the eye and throat black. Sides of head, chin, and 

 line over the eye white. Underneath white, grayish on 

 sides. A few white markings on outer tail feathers. 



Female — Crown duller ; gray where male is black, with olive 

 upper parts and grayer underneath. 



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