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KET AND DBSORIPTIOM 



Kentucky Warbler 



woods, and may be found on tlie lower growths or walking on 

 the ground. It is a loud, clear singer. 



Length, SJ; wing, 2| (2^-3); tail, 2; tarsus, }; oulmen, f. United 

 States, from the Plains eastward ; breeding from the Gulf States to south- 

 ern Michigan, and wintering south of 

 the United States to Central America. 



33. Connecticut Warbler (678. 

 Gedthlypis dgilis). — An olive- 

 green-backed, yellow-bellied war- 

 bler, with much bluish-gray on 

 the head, neck, and breast. The 

 wings and tail are almost the 

 exact tint of the back, and have 

 no bars or blotches, but there is 

 a white ring round the eye. The 

 female has the crown the same as the back, and the throat and 

 breast grayish-brown. This active, sprightly bird is a migrant 

 over most of the eastern United States, and is usually found 

 near the ground in low shrubbery. 



Length, .5? ; wing, 2| (2|-3); tail, 2; tarsus, J; culmen, |. Eastern 

 North America ; breeding north of the United States, and wintering south 

 of it to northern South America. 



34. Mourning Warbler (679. Gedtlilypis Philadelphia). — A 

 warbler, with bluish-gray head, olive-green upper parts, and 

 yellow belly. The 

 bluish - gray changes 

 to black on the breast, 

 and the wings and tail 

 are unmarked. The 

 female has a head 

 only slightly grayer 

 than the back, and the 

 breast is also only 



grayish. This shy Mourning Warbler 



bird lives mainly in the low bushes, and receives its com- 

 mon name from the appearance of crape on the head. It 



