438 
WOOD WARBLERS 
A. With black streaks or spots on the underparts. 
a. Back grayish, unstreaked; a necklace of black spots on the breast; 
no streaks on the sides nor white on the wings or tail; common. 
686. Canadian Warbler. 
b. Back black, crown grayish, a black stripe through the eye; breast 
and sides streaked with black; end of tail black, a white band 
across its middle; common . . . 657. Magnolia Warbler. 
c. Back streaked with white, center of the crown and line over the 
eye orange ...... 662. Blackburnian Warbler. 
d. Back greenish, streaked with black; crown black, a rufous ear- 
patch, a white patch on the wings, rump yellow; rather rare. 
650. Cape May Warbler. 
e. Back greenish, with a patch of rufous-brown; haunts second 
growths and old bush-grown pastures; common in some places. 
673. Prairie Warbler. 
/. Back grayish, streaked with black; crown bluish; no conspicuous 
white marking on the wings; very rare. 
670. Kirtland’s Warbler. 
B. Underparts with rufous-brown streaks. 
a. Crown yellow, back greenish, inner border of tail-feathers yellow; 
general appearance that of a yellow bird ; haunts lawns, orchards, 
and second growths; rarely seen in deep woods; abundant. 
652. Yellow Warbler. 
b. Crown chestnut, back brownish, outer tail-feathers tipped with 
white; haunts near the ground, frequently seen along roadsides 
and in old fields; movements leisurely, constantly wags its tail; 
common. 672. Palm Warbler. 672 a. Yellow Palm Warbler. 
IV. Throat white or whitish, with streaks or spots on the underparts. 
(In two species a yellow patch on the sides of the toreast.) 
1. A patch of yellow on the sides of the breast. 
a. Back grayish, streaked with black; rump and a partly concealed 
crown-patch yellow; note, a loud tchip, generally uttered during 
flight; abundant 655. Myrtle Warbler. 
b. Back brown, breast more or less spotted with black; a yellow band 
across the middle of wings and tail; movements active, tail fre- 
quently spread, the yellow band showing conspicuously; abundant. 
687. Redstart (Im.). 
2. No yellow patch on the sides of the breast. 
A. With wing-bars; back streaked with black; haunts in trees. 
a. Back bright blue; very rare near the Atlantic coast. 
658. Cerulean Warbler. 
b. Back grayish, crown black; movements slow; abundant. 
661. Black-poll Warbler. 
c. Back greenish yellow, crown bright yellow, sides chestnut; com- 
mon 659. Chestnut-sided Warbler. 
B. Without wing-bars; back not streaked; haunts on or near the 
ground; walkers, not hoppers. 
a. Crown pale rufous, bordered by black streaks song, a loud teacher , 
repeated eight or nine times and increasing in volume; common. 
674. Ovenbird. 
b. Crown like the back, breast with a tinge of sulphur-yellow, an 
inconspicuous buffy line over the eye; bill less than *50 in length; 
common 675. Water-Thrush. 
c. Crown like the back, breast and particularly flanks tinged with 
buffy, a conspicuous white line over the eye; bill nearly *75 in 
length; a far shyer bird than the preceding; song loud and ring- 
ing 676. Louisiana Water-Thrush. 
636 . Mniotilta varia {Linn.). Black and White Warbler. (Fig. 
114.) Ad. cT. — No yellow anywhere; upperparts streaked with black and 
