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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



able in their taunting, mocking, and ventriloquistic qualities. 

 When disturbed in its medley, it merely repeats the complain- 

 ing call notes of cJiut chut. 



i; wing, 3 (2i- 

 •3i : culm en, i. 



Tellow-treasted Chat 



Length, 

 3i); tail, _. 

 United States from the Plains 

 eastward ; breeding north to 

 Ontario, and wintering south 

 to Central America. 



37. Hooded Warbler 



(684. Sylvdbnia mitrdbta). — 

 A beautiful, black-hooded, 

 olive - green - backed, yel- 

 low-bellied, flycatching 

 warbler with yellow fore- 

 head and cheeks, and al- 

 most completely white 

 under tail feathers. The 

 hood is made up of a crown 

 piece connected on the sides of the neck with a large throat 

 patch. The female has a less distinctly outlined hood. This 

 is a restless bird, gen- 

 erally found among 

 the lower trees or 

 higher shrubs of 

 dense wet woods. It 

 is a sweet singer. 



Length, 5J ; wing, 2f 

 (2^2f); tail, 2\ ; cul- 

 men, |-. United States 

 from the Plains eastward ; 

 breeding from the Gulf 

 of Mexico northward to 

 southern New England and southern Michigan, and wintering south of 

 the United States to Central America. 



38. Wilson's Warbler (685. Sylvhnia pusilla). — A yellow- 

 faced, bright olive-green-backed, yellow-bellied, flycatching war- 



Hooded Warbler 



