PercMng Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange 



685. Wilson Warbler {fVUsonia pusiUa], L. 5. 

 No white in plumage. Ad. ,^. Crown shining bbcl<; 

 forehead, cheeks and underparts ydlow; back olive- 

 Sreen. /Id. ? . Similar, but crown-patcii often 

 smaller, sometimps absent. Yng. ?, Crown-patch 

 absent. Notes. Song, 'tsk-'tsh-'tsk-'tshea. (Nuttall ) 

 Suggests that of Redstart or Yellow Warbler. ( Minot. ) 



Kang«. — Eastern North America; breeds from Nova ScoKa. nortli- 

 eastern Maine, and Ontario north to Labrador and Hudson Bay re- 

 Blon; winters in Mexico and Central America; "occasional duringmi- 

 gration in Colorado ... and otiier parts of tiie Rocky Mountain dis- 

 trict" (RldfTw I {See pjee 191.) 



685a. Pileolated Warbler {IV. p. ptUoiata). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 6S5, hut yellow deeper, olive brighter. 



Ranges. — Western North America; breedjngf throughout tha Rocky 

 Mountain district from western Tevas in higher mountains, north- 

 ward to Alaska, coast and interior; westward to eastern Oregon and 

 Quisn Charlotte Islands; in mig^rations over all of western North Amer- 

 ica and easl to Minnesota; in winter snnlh to Central America. 

 (Ri.lgiv 1 (See paceios.) 



685b. Golden Pileolated Warbler {JV, p. ckryiso- 

 la). Similar to No. 685a, but still brighter, richer 

 yellow; forehead nearly orange; back brighter green. 



Range.— Pacific coast; breeds from southern California north to 

 British Columbia; in migration east to eastern Oreeon; south to 

 Chihuahua and Lower California. (Ridgw.) (See page iga.) 



677. Kentucky Warbler {.Geothlypis formosa). L. 

 5 6, IMo white in plumage. Ad. ^. Cheeks and 

 crown black the latter tipped with asliy; back olive- 

 green; a yellow line over eye; below bright yellow. 

 Ad. Q. Similar, but less black in crown and on cheeks; 

 yellow duller. NoUs. Song, a hud musical whistle, 

 turdle, turdle, turdle, suggesting notes of Carolina 

 Wren. 



Range. — Eastern United Stales; breerti from Gulf States north to 

 lower Hadsin Valley, southern Michigan and eastern Nebraslia; 

 winters In Central and northern South America. 



681. Maryland Yellow-throat {Ggothfyfis tricha::). 

 L. 5.2; W- z.i. ^d. c?. Forehead and cheeks black, 

 bordered behind by ashy; back olive-green; throat and 

 breast yellow, belly whitish washed with yellow, sides 

 brownish. Ad. ?. No black mask; above dull olive- 

 green, forehead brownish; throat and breast more or 

 less washed with yellow, belly whitish, sides brown- 

 ish. Yng. c?. Similar to Ad. ?, but browner; breast 

 yellow; cheeks and forehead with more or less half- 

 concealed black. Notes. Calls, pit, chit, or chaik; 

 song, variable, often wichitji, wichitj', wichitji. 



Range. — "Atlantic Coast district of United Staios; breading in Vir- 

 ginia, District of Columbia. Maryland and southern Pennsylvania 

 (Carlisle), probably also In Delaware and southern fJew Jersey and 

 tn uphnd portionsofCarolinasand Georgia; .... south in wlnterto 

 Bahamas . . . . " (RidgTV.) 



681a. Western Yellow-tliroat [G. I. occidsntalis) . 

 Similar to No. 68id, but yellow below richer, border of 

 m;isk whiter and broader. 



Range.— Arid western United States; east to western portions of 

 Great Plains, north to Montana and eastern Washington (?) ; west to 

 southern California; breeding southward to northern t.hlh.)nhua and 

 norihern Lower Cftlifornlai southward in winter to western Mexico and 

 Cape St, I,ucss. CRidgw.) 



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