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yellowish, and in the main lacks the black throat, while the 

 white wing patch is much reduced. 



Length, b\ ; wing, 2| ; tail, '2\ ; oulmen, f^. North America from the 

 Plains eastward ; breeding from northern New York northward (in the 

 AUeghanies south to Georgia), and wintering in the tropics. 



15. Myrtle Warbler (656. Dendroica corondta). — A com- 

 mon, large, streaked, bluish- and 

 black-backed warbler, with distinct 

 patches of yellow on crown, rumjj, 

 and sides of breast, and a white 

 throat and lower belly. There are 

 two white wing bars, white blotches 

 on the under tail feathers, and 

 heavy black marks on the breast. 

 The female has browner upper parts, 

 and fewer black marks on the Myrtle Warbler 

 breast. The yellow on the crown and sides of the breast are 

 much reduced in young and winter birds. (Yellow-rumped 

 Warbler.) 



Length, 5| ; wing, 21 (2|-3) ; tail, 2| ; culmen, f. North America, 

 but rare west of the Rocky Mountains ; breeding from northern United 

 States northward, and wintering from southern New England and the 

 Ohio Valley, southward to Central America. 



16. Audubon's Warbler (656. Dendroica aiiduhoni). — A west- 

 ern warbler similar to the last, but with yellow on the throat 

 instead of the white of that species. The wing bars blend 

 together into a wing patch. 



Length, 5| ; wing, 3 (2|-3|) ; tail, 2\ ; culmen, |. Western United 

 States eastward to the western borders of the Plains ; accidental in Penn- 

 sylvania and Massachusetts. 



17. Magnolia Warbler (657. Dendroica maculbsa). — A gray- 

 crowned, black-backed, yellow-rumped warbler, with the breast 

 and throat yellow; heavily streaked on the breast and sides 

 with black. The wing coverts form a large white patch ; the 

 middle of the under tail feathers is white, and the end third 



