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THE SUMMER yELLOW -BIRD AND THE COW-BIRD. (See page 153.) 
northward ; the Pine-creeping Warbler, S. pinus, is five inches long ; light yellowish-gree 
above, yellow beneath; found from Texas to Maine, The Hemlock Warbler, S.parus, is fi 
and a half inches long ; yellowish-green above ; breast yellow ; rest of the lower parts white ; cora 
raon in the Middle States. The Black-throated Green AVarbler, S. virens, is five inches Ion 
upper parts light yellowish-green ; fore part of the neck black ; lower parts white, tinged wit 
yellow ; found from Texas to Newfoundland. The Cape May Warbler, S. maritima, is five an 
a half inches long ; head and part of the back yellowish-olive ; other portions above yellow 
lower parts yellow, streaked with black; a rare species; found in New Jersey and Vermon 
The Blue-Grat Warbler, S. cosrulea, four and a half inches long ; tipper parts fine light blue ; 
lower parts white ; found from Texas northward. The Blackburnian Warbler, S. Blackbicrnice, 
is four and three-quarter inches long ; black, streaked with white, above ; breast dull yellow ; 
the rest white ; found from Texas northward. Rathbone's Warbler, S. Hathbonii, is four and 
a half inches long ; general color bright yellow ; found in Mississippi. The Yellow Red-Poll 
Warbler, S. petechia^ is four and a half inches long ; yellowish-olive, streaked with brown, above ; 
lower parts yellow ; an abundant species from Texas northward, spending the winter in the 
Southern States. The Blue Yellow-backed Warbler, S. Americana, is four and a half inches 
long ; light blue above ; breast yellow ; lower parts yellowish-white ; it is a beautiful species ; 
found throuffhout the United States. The Hermit Warbler, S. occidentalis is three and a half 
inches long; the upper parts bluish-gray; throat black; breast and abdomen white ; found on 
