H4 WARBLERS 



Sept. 15. Glen Ellyn, local, not common. May 10-Aug. 16, 

 SE. Minn., rare S. R. (?). 



If the Chat lived in England what a wealth of lore, 

 legend, and literature would owe its v origin to his strange 

 ways and stranger notes ! Here he is known to few but the 

 initiated, who find an endless interest in his odd song- 

 medley and peculiar antics. Go yourself to the brush- 

 grown, thickety wood borders and clearings he loves and 

 let him be his own interpreter. You may even find his 

 nest low down in some crotch with its white, evenly 

 speckled eggs, and hear his angry ch&t as he resents your 

 presence. 



HOODED WARBLER 

 Wilsonia cilrina. Case~8, Figs, 54, 55 



The yellow face and black 'hood' distinguishes the -male, but 

 both sexes may be known by the large amount of white in the 

 outer tail-feathers. L. 5}. 



Range. Nests from Georgia and Louisiana north to Michigan 

 and Connecticut; winters in the tropics. 



Washington, locally common, S. R., Apl. 19-Oct. 1. Ossining, 

 rare S. R., to Sept. 1. N. Ohio, rare, May 8, 9, 12 and 22. 



Color, song, habit and temperament combine to make 

 the Hooded Warbler one of the most attractive members of 

 its family. As one sees it flitting from bush to bush in 

 woodland undergrowth, displaying its white outer tail- 

 feathers as it flies, pausing now and again to utter its 

 simple, sweet whistled song, one is impressed not only 

 by its beauty but by its gentleness. It nests in a bush 

 within a foot or two of the ground, laying 3-5 white eggs, 

 wreathed with shades of brown spots, early in May, in 

 the South, in June, in the North. 



WILSON'S WARBLER 



Wilsonia pusilla pusilla. Case 8, Figs. 73, 74 



The female usually lacks the black cap, when she resembles the 

 female Hooded, but is smaller and has no white in the tail. L. 5. 



