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WOOD WARBLERS 
2. Tail without white spots or patches; wings without white wing-bars. 
A. Cap, or forehead, or cheeks black or blackish. 
а. Cap black; forehead and cheeks yellow. 
685. Wilson’s Warbler. 
б. Band on the forehead and cheeks black or blackish; no yellow 
line over the eye . .681. Maryland Yellow-throat d”. 
6816. Florida Yellow-throat <?. 
с. Forehead or crown and cheeks black or blackish; a clear yel- 
low line over the eye 677. Kentucky Warbler. 
B . No black on forehead. 
a. Crown ashy, of a very different color from the olive-green back, or 
with the bases of the crown feathers rufous-brown or chocolate. 
a 1 . Crown plain ashy; under tail-coverts white. 
640. Bachman’s Warbler. 
a 2 . Crown ashy; bases of feathers chestnut; eye-ring distinctly 
white; most of underparts and under tail-coverts bright 
yellow 645. Nashville Warbler. 
а з . Crown of nearly the same color as the back; the feathers with 
rufous-brown bases; underparts dull greenish yellow. 
646. Orange-crowned Warbler. 
b. Crown of the same color as the back; forehead the same, or yellow- 
ish, or brownish. 
b 1 . Underparts uniform yellow or yellowish. 
6 2 . Underparts bright yellow. 
6 3 . Upperparts bright olive-green; forehead yellowish; short 
bristles at base of bill; tail greenish brown. 
685. Wilson’s Warbler (Im.). 
6 4 . Upperparts bright greenish yellow; inner web of tail- 
feathers yellow .... 652. Yellow Warbler 9 . 
6 5 . Upperparts ashy greenish; eye-ring white. 
645. Nashville Warbler (Im.). 
c 2 . Underparts dull yellow or yellowish. 
c 3 . Underparts dull greenish yellow, obscurely streaked with 
dusky; back ashy greenish. 
646. Orange-crowned Warbler (Im.). 
c 4 . Underparts yellowish or buffy yellowish; outer tail-feathers 
decidedly shortest; legs flesh-color. 
681. Maryland Yellow-throat 9. 
6816. Florida Yellow-throat 9. 
c 5 . Breast somewhat yellower than rest of underparts; flanks 
brownish; legs blackish; tail-feathers of same length. 
645. Nashville Warbler (Im.). 
c 6 . Inner margins of tail-feathers yellow. 
652. Yellow Warbler 9. 
c 7 . Back bright olive-green; under tail-coverts white. 
647. Tennessee Warbler (Im.). 
c 8 . A small white spot at the base of the primaries. 
654. Black-throated Blue Warbler 9. 
c 1 . Throat and breast yellow; belly white or whitish. 
c 2 . A black spot before the eye and a white line over it; wing 3*00. 
683. Yellow-breasted Chat. 
c 3 . Legs flesh-color; outer tail-feathers shortest; forehead some- 
times brownish . .681. Maryland Yellow-throat 9 . 
6816. Florida Yellow-throat 9. 
c 4 . Legs blackish; tail-feathers even; wing under 3*00. 
645. Nashville Warbler (Im.). 
