340 WOOD WARBLERS. 



b'. Crown greenish, a small white spot at the base of the primaries 

 almost concealed by wing-coverts. 



654. Blaok-theoated Blue Waeblee ( 9 and im.). 

 b*. Crown grayish, bend of the wing yellow. 



640. Bachmam's Wabblee 9. 



A Field Key to the 



Adult Male Warblers of Eastern North America in 



Spring and Summer Plumage. 



I. Throat yellow, white, or whitish ; under parts without streaks or patches. 

 II. Throat black, brown, or slate-color. 



III. Throat yellow or orange, under parts with streaks. (In one species a 



blackish-brown band across the breast.) 



IV. Throat white or whitish, with streaks or spots on the under parts. (In 



two species a yellow patch on the sides of the breast.) 



I. Throat yeUo\7, \eliite, or vrhitish; under parts without 

 streaks or patches. 



1. Throat yellow. 

 A. Length over 6-00, the largest of the Warblers ; haunts dense thick- 

 ets in second growth ; song, a peculiar mixture of whistles, chuch, 

 and crow-calls, delivered from the undergrowth, from the trees 

 above, or on the wing, when the bird resembles a bunch of falling 



leaves 688. Yellow-beeasted Chat. 



£. Length under 6-00. 

 a. Head and neck bright golden yellow like the breast; tail-feath- 

 ers white, except at the tip; haunts near the water, especially 

 low bushes and willows hanging over streams and ponds; call, a 

 sharp peek ; range, from Virginia southward. 



687. Peothonotaey "Waebler. 

 A.Forehead and cheeks black, a yellow line over the eye ; song, a 

 low whistled call of five to seven notes ; haunts near the ground ; 

 range from lower Hudson Valley southward. 



677. Kentdokt Waeblee. 



c. Forehead and cheeks black, bordered by grayish ; no line over 

 the eye; haunts undergrowth; call, a frequently repeated cAaci ; 

 song, a loud, rapid / beseech you, I beseech you, I beseechyou, or 

 witch-e-wee-o, witeh-e-wee-o, witch-e-wee-o ; movements restless ; 

 abundant 681. Maeyland Yellow-theoat. 



681J. Floeida Yellow-theoat (Fla.). 



d. Head and back olive-green ; wings with two white bars ; outer 

 tail-feathers white ; haunts pine woods ; song, a musical trill. 



671. Pine Waeblee. 



e. Crown bluish ash, eye-ring white ; call-note sometimes like the 

 sound produced by striking two pebbles together. 



645. Nashville Warbler. 



