AMERICAN WARBLERS. 



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Black, white, and bluish in masses. Tail spots white 

 White beneath. 



3. Throat, upper breast and sides, black. Back, bluish. No wing- 

 bands, but a spot at base of primaries, white. Female, dull grayish green 

 above. Wing spot as in male. Swampy woodlands. Northern N. E. to 

 Labrador. May 10, Sept. 10. Black-throated Blue. 



Fig. 38. 



2. Female. 



Black, white, and yellow in streaks and spots. White 

 beneath, ashy above. Wing bands and tail spots, white in 

 4, 5. 6. Female duller. 



4. Streaked with black on back, breast, and sides. Yellow patch on 

 crown, rump, and either side of breast. Sides of head black. Northern U. S. 

 northward. Woodlands. Apr. 15, Oct. Yellow-rump. 



5. Similar to No. 4, but with throat yellow, no black on sides of head, 

 less streakings above. Western U. S. Accidental in Mass. and Penn. Au- 

 dubon's. 



Fig. 39. 





Fig. 40. 



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