Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange 



666. Golden-cheeked Warbler {Dendroica chryso- 

 parsa). L. 5. Ad. (^. Throat, crown and bacU 

 black; cheeks and spot in furcliead yellow; a narrow 

 black line through eye; wing-bars and tail-patrhes 

 white, ^d. 9. Above olive green with Wi7£^ streaks; 

 cheeks duller thnn in J^, eye-streak dusky; throat 

 yellow, breast blackish; belly whte. Notes. Song, 

 tser, weasy-weay/ 1 [wna, resembling song of No. 667. 

 (Nehrling.) 



Range. -Weslem central and siu (hem Texas and soufli llirougli 

 eastern Mexico to hij^hland; i>f GuatcinaLa. (RiJ^ivay.) 



667. Black-thpoated Green Warbler {Dendroica 

 virens). L. s. Ad. (f. Throat and breast black; 

 cheeks greenish yellow; back olive-green: wing-bars 

 and tail patches white. Ad. 9 and Yng. cf. Similar, 

 but throat yellowish; black breast lipped with yellow- 

 ish; belly tmged with_vellcrw\ back -without black streaks. 

 Yng. 9- Throat and breast yellowish white, little or 



no black. Notes. Song, a droning ^ee,^ee^^e-ei,fee. 

 Range.— Eastern North America; breeds from Connecticut ani 

 northern Illinois north 10 Nova Scolla and Hudson Bay, and south in 

 Alleghanies to South Carolina; winters In Central America. 



668. Townsend Warbler {Dendroica toamsendi). 

 L. 5.1. Ad. (J'. A black eye-patch bordered by yel- 

 low stripes, crown and throat black; back olive-green 

 spotted with black; wing-bars and tail-patches white. 

 Ad. ?. Eye-patch olive; throat yellow, indistincdy 

 blackish; crown and back olive-green, with few black 

 streaks. Yng. Similar, but yellower. Notes. Song, de-de, 

 de-de,de, like that of No. 6O7. (Merrill.) 



Range.— Western North America; breeds from mountains of south- 

 ern California north to Alaska, east to western Colorado; jn mlRr?- 

 tlons to western Texas; winters in Mexico. 



669. Hermit Warbler [Dmdroica oncidetitalis) . L. 

 5.1. Underparts without streaks. Ad. ^. Crown 

 and checks yellow; throat black; back gray spotted 

 with black; wing-bars and tail-patches white. Ad, V. 

 Crown less yellow; throat yellowish; back olive-gray, 

 usually without spots. Yng. 9- Similar, but yellow- 

 er. Yng. rf. Throat dusky; forehead and cheeks 

 yellow; oacKolive-greeri with concealed black spots. 

 Much like Yng of No.. 667, but forehead yellower, no 

 streaks below. Notes, Song, ^ee^y-^eegte-^eegle-feek. 

 (Barlow.j 



Range. — Western United States; breeds In higfi mountains 

 from British Columbia to California, and from Pacific Coast 

 district of United States to Rocky Mountains; migrates tO Low- 

 er Cahtornla. Mexico, and Guatemala. (Bailey.) 



684, Hootletl Warbler {misania mitmta). L. 5.7. 

 Outer tail-feather with white patches. Ad. cf . Fore- 

 head and cheeks yellow; hindhead extending to breast 

 and throat black; belly yellow, back olive-green. 

 Ad. $. Throat yellow, hindhead olive-green usually 

 with black. _ Notes. '■ Call, a sharp i^hetp; song, a 

 gracefully whistled ^(jMjMiw/ C£MK^ to the woods, or you 

 wont see me, 



RanEie.— Eastern United States; breeds north to southern ConntctU 

 cut, central western New York, and southern Michigan; wlntsn in 

 Central America, 



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