WARBLERS 



(648) Compsothlypis americana 



USnea (Gr., ciquisitc; Lat., a kind of 

 lichen hanging from limbs of trees). 



NORTHERN PARULA WAR- 

 BLER, Ad. cP — As shown by the 

 middle bird; blue-gray above, with a 

 greenish patch on the back; wing bars 

 and spots on inner webs of outer tail 

 feathers white; a rufous (often mixed 

 with black) band across the yellow 

 breast. 9 similar but duller and 

 with no chestnut on the breast. L., 

 4.70. 



Range — Breeds from N. B., Ont. 

 and Minn, south to Va. and La. where 

 it is replaced by C. a. americana. 



(649) Compsothlypis pitiayumi 



nigrilora (Coues) 

 SENNET'S WARBLER. A small 

 bright-colored Parula with black au- 

 riculars. Southern Texas. 



ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS are rather rare in 

 the Eastern States, but I have taken them both in spring 

 and fall. They migrate chiefly through the Mississippi Val- 

 ley to their nesting grounds in interior Canada. They rarely 

 sing as they pass along but sometimes one will utter the song 

 that is commonly heard in their summer haunts — a simple 

 ditty not differing greatly from that of the Chipping Sparrow. 



One of the most difficult warblers to identify in life, during 

 migrations, is the TENNESSEE WARBLER. This is be- 

 cause their plumage is dull and inconspicuous when viewed 

 at a distance, and they are so rare that we seldom have a 

 chance to become familiar with their song, which has a 

 chipping character little different from that of the Nashville. 

 Comparatively few of their nests have been found, but these 

 were always on the ground, concealed by shrubs and grasses 

 that arched over them. 



During the migration period, pretty little PARULA 

 WARBLERS may be seen or heard in open woods almost 



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