WARBLERS 



(670) Dendroica kirtlandi 



(Baird) 



KIRTLAND'S WARBLER. Ad. 

 6^ — Plumage as shown; upper parts 

 bluish-gray, a trifle brownish on the 

 back; under parts pale yellowish; 

 crown, back and sides streaked with 

 dusky; lores and sides of throat black; 

 two indistinct whitish wing bars; 

 white spots on outer tail feathers. 

 Ad. 9 — Very similar but the back 

 is browner and the black even more 

 restricted on the face. L., 5.50. 

 Ncsl — Of strips of bark and fibres, 

 lined with fine grasses; on the ground 

 usually at the foot of small pines; 

 eggs white, wreathed with brown 

 specks, .72 X .56. 



Range — Known to breed in Os- 

 coda, Crawford and Roscommon 

 counties, Mich. Winters in the Ba- 

 hamas; migrates through Wis., Ohio, 

 Ont., 111., Ind., Va., and south to Fla. 



they frequent small growth woodland or thickets among the 

 foothills. While regarded as quite rare warblers because of 

 their local distribution, they are, in their restricted range, 

 not uncommon, being in fact more so than other species found 

 in the same localities. 



BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS are present, 

 during summer, in nearly all coniferous woods in northern 

 United States and southern Canada. During migrations 

 they of course pass through mixed or deciduous woods 

 and may even be found in orchards, but they are normally 

 to be just as closely associated with pine woods or groves as 

 are Pine Warblers. 



They sing freely during spring and summer, a lazy, drawl- 

 ing buzzy song that proclaims their presence to all whose ears 

 are ornithologically attuned. Subject to slight variations 

 the song usually consists of five notes sounding, when put to 

 paper, like " zee-zee-zee-zu-zee, " the fourth note about three 

 tones lower pitched than the other and with more huskiness. 



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