WARBLERS 



(637) Protonotaria citrea 



(Boild.) (Lat,, pertaining to the citron, 

 yellow). 



PROTHONOTARY WARBLER; 

 GOLDEN SWAMP WARBLER. 

 Bill large and sharply pointed. Ad. 

 cp — Plumage as shown by the upper 

 bird; whole head, neck and under 

 parts rich orange-yellow, lighter on 

 the belly; back greenish, shading to 

 ashy-gray on the rump and tail; in- 

 ner webs of outer tail feathers white 

 except on the tips. Ad. 9 — Duller 

 colored and with the crown and nape 

 more or less olive-green, like the back. 

 L., s-5o; W., 2.90; T., 1.85. Nest — 

 Of rootlets, moss, leaves and grasses, 

 in hollow stumps often over water. 



Range — From Md., Ohio and 

 Mich, south to the Gulf. Winters in 

 Central America. Casual north to 

 New England. 



notes that will identify them even without seeing. The 

 se.xes are in most instances very different in plumage. 



BLACK and WHITE WARBLERS are very distinctive 

 in habits, in plumage, and in song. In eastern woods or 

 swamps we can, at almost any time during spring or summer, 

 hear a thin, wiry lisping " seeee-seeee-seeee. " If we follow 

 up the sound we will find one of these black and white birds 

 creeping nimbly up, down or around the branches or trunk 

 of some tree or shrub. If we watch his mate, who is easily 

 recognized by the more sparingly striped under parts, we 

 may see her pick up a leaf or strip off a piece of bark and 

 carry to the base of some shrub or stump, there to be skil- 

 fully placed in her cute little nest. These nests are difficult 

 to iind unless we do locate them in process of construction, 

 for it is almost impossible to see the sitting bird, so small is 

 the entrance to the nest and so quietly does she sit. One 

 bird allowed me to approach close enough to open up the top 

 of the nest so I could see her plainly, set up a camera and 

 make a picture of her without leaving. 



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