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Connecticut Warbler—( Geoth lypsis agilix ). 
An olive-green-backed yellow-bellied warbler, with much bluish-gray mi the 
bead, neck and breast. The wings and tail are almost the exact tint of the 
back, and have no bars or blotches, but there is a white ring around the eye. 
Breeds in Manitoba. Winters—unknown. Transient, but very rare in the 
spring. Only one specimen lias been taken in New Jersey. 
Mourning Warbler— ( Geotihlypis phiJadelph ia ). 
A warbler, with bluish-gray head, olive-green upper parts and yellow belly. 
The bluish-gray changes to black on the breast, and the wings and tail are 
unmarked. 
Breeds in northern New York and New England, northward, and farther 
south in the mountains. Winters in Costa Rica and Columbia. Ye y rare 
transient. 
Maryland Yellow-throat—( Geothlypis trichas ). 
A briglit-yellow-breasted, olive-green-backed warbler, with a peculiar, dis¬ 
tinctly outlined black mask across the forehead and over the cheeks; wings and 
tail short and unmarked. 
Breeds in eastern United States, northward to Canada. Winters in South 
Atlantic States, West Indies and Mexico to Panama. Abundant summer 
resident. 
Yellow-breasted Chat—( Icieria vircns). 
A large, bright-yellow-breasted, white-bellied, olive-green-backed bird, with a 
white line over the eye, no wing bars and a stout bill. This is a bright-colored, 
noisy dweller of bushy thickets, much more readily heard than seen. 
Breeds in eastern United States, limited in its northward range by the 
Carolinian fauna. Winters through Mexico to Guatemala. Common summer 
resident within the limits of the Carolinian fauna. 
Hooded Warbler—(' Wilsonia mitrata). 
A beautiful, black-hooded, olive-green-backed, yellow-bellied, fly-catching 
warbler with yellow forehead and cheeks, and almost completely white under 
tail feathers. The hood is made up of a crown piece connected on the sides of 
the neck with a large throat patch. _ 
Breeds in southeastern United States, not ranging much north of the 
Carolinian fauna. Winters' through eastern Mexico to Panama. Common 
summer resident in the cedar swamps of southern New Jersey. 
Wilson's Warbler; Green Black-capped Warbler—(IT ihoma 
pusilla ). ,. ,, 
A yellow-faced, briglit-olive-green-backed, yellow-bellied, fly-catching warbler, 
with a distinct black cap, but no wing bars or tad blotches. 
Breeds on northern border of United States to Alaskm "^nt 
eastern Mexico to Panama. A regular, but not very common, transient 
