WARBLERS 



(684) Wilsonia citrina 



(Borfrf.) 



HOODED WARBLER. Ad. c? 

 — Plumage as shown by the lower 

 bird; forehead, ear patch and under 

 parts bright yellow; crown, sides of 

 neck, throat and upper breast black; 

 back and wings bright oUve-green; 

 inner webs of outer tail feathers mostly 

 white. Ad. 9 — As shown by the 

 upper bird; body and tail like those 

 of the male, but with no black on the 

 throat and little or none on top of 

 the head. L., 5.50. Nesl — Of 

 leaves, bark, rootlets and grasses in 

 forks of bushes, close to the ground; 

 eggs white, profusely spotted with 

 reddish-brown, .70 x .52. 



Range — Breeds from the Gulf 

 north to Conn., N. Y., central Mich, 

 and la. Winters in Central America. 



bird population in their domain. They have a hand or voice 

 in every disturbance and pry into the affairs of all strangers. 



The Yellow-throat call note is a sharp, metallic chip; his 

 alarm note is a sputtering rattle, often termed the "watch- 

 man's rattle"; and his song is a distinctive, rhythmatic 

 "witch-ity, witch-ity, witch-ity, witch." Their nests are 

 usually in clumps of weeds, with the bottom just above 

 ground. 



YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS are very remarkable 

 birds and especially so for a member of this family. Some of 

 their actions are extremely ludicrous and might well lead one 

 to suppose that this species served as the clown of the bird 

 world. Their haunts are tangled thickets of weeds, vines, 

 and bushes within which they conceal themselves so effect- 

 ually that it is sometimes difficult to discover them even 

 though their mocking voices may almost constantly be 

 heard. Yet if we keep still, we may see one suddenly fly out 

 and upward until he attains a height of fifty feet or more; 

 then he apparently abandons himself to song, uttering weird 



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