WARBLERS: LUCY WARBLER 
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Young: Upperparts plain grayish olive, brighter on rump; wings with two narrow 
yellowish bands, sides of head light olive, with whitish or yellowish streaks. 
Range. —Breeds from central Minnesota, southern Ontario, and Massachusetts 
south to northern Georgia, northern Indiana, and southern Iowa; winters from 
Guatemala to Colombia and casually in southern Mexico.] 
State Records. —A single specimen of the Golden-winged Warbler is said by 
Doctor Henry to have been seen in April, 1854, at Fort Thorn. This is the only 
record of the species for the State. Although the markings of the birds are so pro¬ 
nounced that there is little chance that so good an ornithologist as Doctor Henry 
could have been mistaken in his identification, we must consider it a doubtful 
record for the State.—W. W. Cooke.1 
LUCY WARBLER: Vermfvora luciae (J. G. Cooper) 
Description. — Male: Length (skins) 3.6-4 inches, wing 2.2-2.3, tail 1.6-1.7, 
culmen .3-.4, tarsus .6. Female: Length (skins) 3.6-3.7 inches, wing 2-2.1, tail 
1.5-1.6, culmen .3, tarsus .6. Adults: Crown and upper tail coverts brown, rest of 
upperparts gray , outer tail feathers marked with white; lores, orbital ring, and 
entire underparts white, more or less tinged with buff. In fall, crown patch con¬ 
cealed by gray tips to feathers. Young: Without crown patch, upper tail coverts 
buffy, and wings with two bars. 
Range. —Breeds mainly in Lower Sonoran Zone from Santa Clara Valley, Utah, 
south through Arizona; winters in western Mexico south to Jalisco. 
State Record. —A single specimen of the Lucy Warbler was taken on May 19, 
1907, at Shiprock (Gilman). The species summers in western Arizona, and the 
bird above mentioned had wandered more than 200 miles from the nearest part of 
its regular range.—W. W. Cooke. 
VIRGINIA WARBLER: Vermfvora virgfniae (Baird) 
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Description. — Male: Length (skins) 4-4.3 inches; wing 2.4; culmen .4; tarsus 
.6-7. Female: Length (skins) 4 inches; wing 2.2-2.3; tail 1.8-1.9; bill .3; tarsus .7. 
Bill slender and very acute, unnotched, and unbristled. Adult male in spring and 
summer: Crown with chestnut patch, feathers tipped with gray (except in worn 
plumage), rest of upperparts gray except for greenish yellow rump and upper and lower 
tail coverts; eye-ring white, conspicuous; underparts dull white with chest patch 
and usually throat, yellow. Adult male in fall and winter: Similar to summer male but 
upperparts and flanks strongly tinged with brown, yellow of chest duller, and brown 
crown patch concealed by broad gray tips to feathers. Young in juvenal plumage: 
Upperparts, breast and sides grayish brown, with whitish throat and belly, wings 
with two buffy bands, tail coverts like adults. 
Comparisons. —The yellow of both upper and lower tail coverts is distinctive in 
all plumages. 
Range. —Breeds in Transition Zone from Nevada, Utah, and northern Colorado 
south to northeastern New Mexico and high mountain ranges of Arizona; winters in 
Mexico to Guerrero. 
State Records. —A specimen taken in the fall of 1858 at Fort Burgwyn by Dr. 
W. W. Anderson served as the type from which Baird described the Virginia Warbler, 
naming it after Doctor Anderson's wife. 
In the breeding season, it was taken July 11, 1903, at Glorieta, 7,500 feet (Bailey) 
and was probably breeding not far distant. [On June 29, 1928, a breeding male was 
