Dusky, Gray, and Slate-colored 
running through the eye and round back of crown, and a 
black spot in front of eye, extending to cheeks. Ear coverts, 
chin, and underneath white. Back greenish gray and slate, 
streaked with black. Sides of bird chestnut. Wings, which 
are streaked with black and yellow, have yellowish-white 
bars. Very dark tail with white patches on inner vanes of 
the outer quills. 
Female — Similar, but duller. Chestnut sides are often scarcely 
apparent. 
Range — Eastern North America, from Manitoba and Labrador to 
the tropics, where it winters. 
Migrations — May. September. Summer resident, most common 
in migrations. 
In the Alleghanies, and from New Jersey and Illinois north- 
ward, this restless little warbler nests in the bushy borders of 
woodlands and the undergrowth of the woods, for which he for- 
sakes our gardens and orchards after a very short visit in May. 
While hopping over the ground catching ants, of which he seems 
to be inordinately fond, or flitting actively about the shrubbery 
after grubs and insects, we may note his coat of many colors — 
patchwork in which nearly all the warbler colors are curiously 
combined. With drooped wings that often conceal the bird’s 
chestnut sides, which are his chief distinguishing mark, and with 
tail erected like a redstart’s, he hunts incessantly. Here in the 
garden he is as refreshingly indifferent to your interest in him as 
later in his breeding haunts he is shy and distrustful. His song is 
bright and animated, like that of the yellow warbler. 
Golden-winged Warbler 
( Helminthophila chrysoptera) Wood Warbler family 
Length — About 5 inches. More than an inch shorter than the 
English sparrow. 
Male — Yellow crown and yellow patches on the wings. Upper 
parts bluish gray, sometimes tinged with greenish. Stripe 
through the eye and throat black. Sides of head, chin, and 
line over the eye white. Underneath white, grayish on 
sides. A few white markings on outer tail feathers. 
Female— Crown duller ; gray where male is black, with olive 
upper parts and grayer underneath. 
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