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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



Black and White Waililer 



1. Black and White "Warbler (636. Mniotilta vciria). — A black 

 and white streaked warbler, with, a broad white stripe on 



the top of the head 

 and no yellow any- 

 where. Female with 

 some brownish on the 

 sides and fewer black 

 stripes on the lower 

 parts. This is a 

 silent bird, common 

 in woodlands, creep- 

 ing over twigs and 

 branches, often hanging from the lower surfaces, hunting in- 

 dustriously for insect food. (Black and White Creeper.) 



Length, 5\ ; wing, 2J (2|-2|) ; tail, 2} ; tarsus, | ; culmen, J. Eastern 

 North America. Breeds from Virginia north to Hudson Bay, and winters 

 from the Gulf States south to northern South America. 



2. Prothonotary Warbler (637. Protonothria dtrea). — A very 

 pretty warbler, with the whole head, neck, upper back, and 

 under parts a rich orange. The rest of the upper parts gradu- 

 ally change through 

 greenish to bluish to 

 ashy, and the lower 

 parts to almost white 

 on the crissum, and 

 large white blotches 

 on the under tail feath- 

 ers. The female has 

 the yellow paler. It 

 is found most fre- 

 quently in the low 

 growths near and over 



Prothonotary Warbler 



the water, where it is more like a creeper in its habits than 

 like a flycatcher. Its usual notes are clear, penetrating peet, 

 tweet, tweet, tweet, given without change of pitch. (Golden- 

 headed Warbler.) 



