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SEY AND DESCRIPTION 



Yellow Wai'blei' 



13. Yellow "Warbler (652. Dendrolca (Estiva). — This is the 

 yellow warbler in fact as well as name, having some shade of 



yellow throughout, 

 and forming our 

 only canary-colored 

 wild bird. The un- 

 der parts are some- 

 what streaked with 

 reddish, and the un- 

 der tail feathers are 

 yellow on the in- 

 ner webs and dusky 

 on the outer. The 

 female is less bright- 

 ly yellow, and the 

 under parts are less streaked. This is a common inhabitant of 

 our gardens and orchards, and is often thought to be an 

 escaped canary ; its slender bill shows that it is a different 

 species. (Summer Yellow-bird ; Golden Warbler.) 



Length, 5 ; wing, 2| (2f-2|) ; tail, 2 ; culmen, |. North America 

 throughout, except the southwest ; breeding in nearly its whole range, 

 and wintering south to 

 northern South America. 



14. Black -throated 

 Blue Warbler (654. 

 Dendrolca ccendh- 

 cens). — A common, 

 grayish-blue- backed, 

 white-bellied warbler, 

 with black sides of 

 head and throat, and 

 irregular patches of 

 black along the sides 

 of the body. The 

 bases of the primaries form a white patch on the wings. The 

 female has the upper parts olive-green and the lower parts 



Black-throated Blue Warbler 



