WARBLERS 



(677) Oporornis formosus 



(Wikon) (Gr., autumn bird; Lat., shapely, 

 hence beautiful). 



KENTUCKY WARBLER. Ad. 

 cf — Plumage as shown; bright oUye- 

 green on back, wings and tail, shading 

 into gray on the nape and sides of 

 head; crown and sides of head black, 

 this extending to a point down the 

 side of the neck; below and intense 

 yellow; a yellow line from the bill over 

 and around the eye. Ad. 9 — Quite 

 similar but a httle duller, with the 

 black more restricted and mixed with 

 gray on the crown. L., 5.50. Nest 

 — On the ground; of leaves, lined 

 with fine rootlets; eggs white, specked 

 with reddish-brown, .72 x .58. 



Range — Breeds from the Gulf 

 north to Conn., Pa. and southern Wis. 

 Winters in Central America. 



thrushes at all. During migrations they may be seen travel- 

 ing and feeding with other warblers in open or low growth 

 woods, but after they have settled for the summer, they are 

 to be found only in swamps. Whether on the ground, where 

 they walk gracefully, or perched in trees, their tails are 

 almost continually in motion up and down like a pump 

 handle. Their call note is a sharp "chink" and their song 

 is very characteristic, a loud, clear, ringing, liquid series of 

 warbles, swiftly and emphatically given. 



Their nests are under cavities of roots of trees or stumps, 

 or sunk in mossy banks frequently but a few inches above the 

 water. They are composed of moss, grasses, leaves and strips 

 of bark, lined with thin, brown moss stems. 



LOUISIANA WATER-THRUSHES have the northern 

 limit of their summer range barely or not quite overlapping 

 the southern limit of that of the last species. The birds are 

 rather more shy at all times than the last species, keeping 

 out of sight ahead of us if we attempt to follow up their song. 



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