WOOD WARBLERS 
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b. Forehead not yellow. 
6 1 . Breast white, crown plain bluish ashy., clearly defined from 
the bright olive-green back . . 647. Tennessee Warbler. 
b 2 . Breast whitish, tinged with yellow and indistinctly streaked 
with dusky ; crown dull ashy, not clearly defined from the back 
and with a partly concealed patch of rufous-brown ; rare in the 
Atlantic States north of South Carolina. 
646. Orange-crowned Warbler. 
II. Throat black, brown, or slate -color. 
1. Belly white. 
a. Back blue, a white spot near the outer edge of the wing; common. 
654. Black-throated Blue Warbler. 
b. Back green, cheeks yellow; song, a buzzlike zee repeated five or six 
times, the next to last note the highest; common. 
667. Black-throated Green Warbler. 
c. Back grayish, forehead yellow, a black mark through the eye and 
a white line below it; a large patch of yellow on the wings; song, 
zee-zee-zee-zee, all on the same note; not common. 
642. Golden-winged Warbler. 
d. Back black; sides of the breast, middle of the wing, and base of the 
tail-feathers reddish orange; movements active, tail frequently 
spread, the reddish color showing conspicuously; abundant. 
687. Redstart. 
e. Back streaked with black and white; song fine and wiry; movements 
like those of a Creeper; common. 
636. Black and White Warbler. 
/. Back streaked with buffy and black; forehead and cheeks black; 
crown-cap, throat, upper part of the breast, and sides chestnut; 
rather rare 660. Bay-breasted Warbler. 
2. Belly yellow. 
A. Throat slate-color; haunts near the ground. 
a. Breast showing traces of black, no white eye-ring; rare in most 
places 679. Mourning Warbler. 
b. Breast with no traces of black, a white eye-ring; call a sharp peek; 
very rare in the spring . . . 678. Connecticut Warbler. 
B. Throat black. 
a. Forehead and crown yellow, wings with white bars, a black line 
through the eye; very rare. 
641x642. Lawrence’s Warbler. 
b. Forehead and cheeks yellow, rest of the head and sides of the 
neck black ; outer tail-feathers almost entirely white ; haunts near 
the ground, generally in wet woods; movements active, the white 
tail-feathers showing conspicuously in flight; lower Hudson val- 
ley southward ; common 684. Hooded Warbler. 
c. Forehead yellow, a small black patch on the crown, white patches 
on the tail not reaching to the ends of the feathers; range, South 
Carolina southward 640. Bachman’s Warbler. 
III. Throat yellow or orange, imderparts with streaks. (In one 
species a blackish brown band across the breast.) 
1. Belly white, with or without black streaks. 
a. Throat rich orange; back black, streaked with white; tolerably 
common 662. Blackburnian Warbler. 
b. Throat bright yellow, back grayish; range, Virginia and southern 
Wisconsin southward; abundant. 
663. Yellow-throated Warbler. 
663a. Sycamore Warbler. 
c. Throat yellow, with a blackish band crossing the upperpart of the 
breast; abundant 648-648a. Parula Warblers. 
2. Belly yellow, with streaks or spots on the breast or sides. 
