. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . ale, but plumage softer, and sides of throat and chest more grayish. Young female in frst autumn: like fall adult female, but crown and hind neck like back instead of gray, throat and chest yellowish instead of grayish; marks on eyelids yellowish, and streak over lores pale yellow. Male: length (skins) , wing , tail , bill . i^ewza/e; length (skins) , wing _,. ^^_ ,_ .,,. ^ ,, , tail bill .
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . ale, but plumage softer, and sides of throat and chest more grayish. Young female in frst autumn: like fall adult female, but crown and hind neck like back instead of gray, throat and chest yellowish instead of grayish; marks on eyelids yellowish, and streak over lores pale yellow. Male: length (skins) , wing , tail , bill . i^ewza/e; length (skins) , wing _,. ^^_ ,_ .,,. ^ ,, , tail bill . Fig. 535. MacgUhvray Warbler. Distribution. — Breeds in British Columbia and western United States,from the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific coastranges • winters in Lower California and Mexico, and from Central Amer-ica to Colombia. Nest. — Near ground in clumps of weeds or bushes, often in open placesin mountains, made of dried grasses lined with finer grass, and sometimeshorsehair. Eggs: 3, white or buffy, speckled on larger end with darkbrown and lilac gray, with a few pen lines and rusty The Macgillivray warbler is one of the commonest of w^estern war-blers, frequenting chaparral and underbrush especially near water,from the lower levels to the high mountains, and the appearance ofa little gray head peering out shyly from the bushes becomes a pleas-antly familiar mountain sight. 681a. Geothlypis trichas occidentalis Brewst. male. — Forehead and sides of head black, bordered above withwhite, sometimes tinged with yellow; rest of upper parts plain olivegreen ; under parts deep yellow. In win-ter, washed with brown. Adult female :without black, ashy, or white ; upper partsolive brown, often tinged with reddishbrown on crown, greenish on tail; underparts pale yellowish or yellowish male in frst winter: like adult, butblack mask less distinct. Male: length(skins) , wing , tail
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