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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



streaked. The young is even less streaked than the female, 

 has gi'eenish-yellow tinting on the under parts, and almost no 

 markings. It is found in orchards, gardens, 

 and open, especially evergreen woods. 



Length, 5J ; wing, 2J ; tail, 2| ; culmen, |. North 

 America from the Rocky Mountains eastward; 

 breeding from northern New England northward, 

 and wintering soutli to northern South America. 



Black-poll Warbler 



Blaokburnian Warbler 



22. Blackburnian Warbler (662. Dendrolca 

 hldckhwrnkii). — A warbler, with orange-col- 

 ored throat, breast, and center of crown, black upper parts 

 mottled with lighter, and white belly ; wing coverts and un- 

 der tail feathers with 

 much white. The 

 back of the female 

 is brownish - olive, 

 streaked with black ; 

 the orange of the male 

 is replaced by yellow, 

 and the white of the 

 wing coverts forms 

 two wing bars. The young has the crown patch nearly absent. 

 It lives mainly in the upper branches of evergreens. (Orange- 

 throated Warbler ; Hemlock Warbler.) 



Length, b\; wing, 2| (2t-2|) ; tail, 2; culmen, |. North America 

 from eastern Kansas eastward ; breeding from Massachusetts and Michi- 

 gan northward (farther 

 south in the mountains), 

 and wintering south to 

 Peru. 



23. Yellow-throated 

 Warbler (663. Dendrdl- 

 ca dominica). — A 

 yellow-throated, gray- 

 backed, white-bellied 

 warbler, with black 



Tellow-throated Warbler cheeks; white wing 



