WARBLERS 



(642) Vermivora chrysoptera 



(Linn.) (Gr., golden wiiig). 



GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. 

 Ad.c^ — Plumage as shown by the 

 lower bird. Crown and wing patch 

 bright yellow; rest of upper parts 

 bluish-gray; black patch on side of 

 head and on throat; three outer tail 

 feathers with large white patches on 

 the inner webs; under parts white. 

 Ad. 9 — As shown by the upper bird; 

 duller colored, the black being re- 

 placed by gray. L., 4.75. 



i?[z;(gp ^ Breeds from Mass., Ont. 

 and Minn, south to N. J., Ind. and 

 la. Winters in Central America. 



V. chrysoptera + V . pinus = V. leii- 

 cobronck'idlis. BREWSTER'S 

 WARBLEI'i, a more common hybrid. 

 Like the present species with the 

 black replaced by that of the last. 



the outskirts of open woods, particularly those that are 

 grown up to weedy patches. Their nests are located on the 

 ground often in a bunch of weeds or at the base of a shrub. 

 They are composed outwardly chiefly of dead leaves with the 

 points up, deeply cupped and lined with shreds of bark. 



Their song has a peculiar insect-like quality which makes it 

 difficult to notice except to trained ears. It is a " zre-e-e-e-e-e, 

 ze-e-e-e-e-e," with a shrill buzzing quality. 



The range of the Golden-winged Warbler covers that of the 

 last and extends a couple of hundred miles farther north. 

 They are rather locally distributed and difficult to find unless 

 one becomes familiar with their song. The Golden-wing 

 song is of the same quality as that of the last species, but it 

 consists usually of four notes, a "zree-e-e-e, zee, zee, zee," 

 the last three of which are lower in pitch. 



They are chiefly found, except during migrations when 

 they may appear in any sort of haunt with other warblers, in 

 open springy woods or ones through which winds a sluggish 



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