Perching Birds Marked With Yellow or Orange 



645. Nashville Warbler {Helminthopbilaruhricapilla) . 

 L. 4.8. No wing-bars; no white in tail. Ad. cf. A 

 chocolate crown-patch; rest of head and cheeks bluish 

 gray; a white eye-riiig; baik olive-green; below bright 

 yellow, /id. $. Similar, but little or no chocolate in 

 crown; yeliow duller. Yng. Head brownish; under- 

 parts washed with brownish, particularly on throat 

 and flanks. Notes. Song, ke-tsee-ke-tsee-ke-tsee-chip-ee, 

 chip'ee-chip-ee-chip, first half like Black and White 

 Warbler's, second half like Chipping Sparrow's. 

 (Langille.) 



Rang^.— Eastern North America; breeds from southern New York, 

 Connecticut, and northern nilnols. north to Labrador, and Hudson 

 Bav reElon; winters south of United States. 



645a. Calaveras Warbler (//, r. gutturalis). Sim- 

 ilar to No, 645, but rump brighter; underparts richer 

 yellow. 



Range. — Western United States; breeds on high mountains, from 

 the Sierra Nevada to British CoiumbTa, ease 10 eastern Orejjon, 

 iiurtlit^rn Idahu; south Iri ml^ratlun to Luwer CallfurnJii and Alej^lcu; 

 suulhtdsl to Te.\.i5. <RId];w.) 



648. Parula Warbler [Compsotblypis americana). 



L. 4-5; W. 2.3. Ad. c?. Above grayish blue, a 

 ydlowish patch in tie hcich: breast yellow washed with 

 ch'stnut and with an indistinct blackish b.ind; belly, 

 wing-bars, spot near tip of outer tail-feathers white- 

 /4d. 9. Paler, breast without black, sometimes no 

 chestnut. l^otes. A short, little, guttural, lisping 

 trill. 



Range.— Breeds In soulli Atlantic and Gulf states east of Texas 

 norlh near the Atlantic coast to the District of Columbia and Mount 

 Carmel, Illinois [Brewst J; winters from Gult States southward. 



648a. Northern Parula Warbler (C, a. usmce). 

 Similar to No. 648, but bill averaging slightly smaller, 

 the wing longer, 2.4; black breast-band averaging 

 wider; the chestnut wash stronger. 



Rang'e. — Breeds In New England, New York and west along the 

 nonhem tier of states, north Into Maritime Provinces and Canada; 

 winters from Gulf sta..es southward. 



649. Senne' • Warbler (Campsutklypis nigrilora). 

 L. 4.5. Similar to No. 648, but yellow below reaching 

 to belly; breast without black and with only a slight 

 brownish wash; lores and ear-coverts black. Notes, 

 Song probably resembles that of No. 648. 



Range.— Lower Rio Grande Valley south Into eastern Mexico. 

 746. Verdin {/iuripavus flamceps) . L. 4.2; W. 2,2; 

 T. 1.9. Ad. (^. Head and throat yellow; forehead 

 usually with some concealed orange-brown; lesser 

 wing-coverts reddish chestnut; back brownish gray; 

 belly whitish. Ad. $. Similar, but less yellow. 



Range. — Southern border of the United Stales and northern Mexico 

 f•■^r^ stjuthem Texas (o southern California; north lo southwestern Utah 



fliiJ louiiieffl Nevada. 



746a. Baird Verdin (^A.f. lamprocephalus). Simi- 

 lar t) No. 746, but tail shorter; wing somewhat short- 

 er; yellow of head brighter; W. 2.0; T. 1.6. (Ober- 

 h 'Iser. 



Range. — Lower California. 



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