. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . as scrub oaks, pinons, junipers, and manzanitas. Along the North Fork of the Yuba River in the Sierra we foundit singing in the bushes along the road, and in the junipers on ahillside near camp. Its song is a simple warbler lay, zee-ee-zee-ee,ze, ze, ze, with the quiet woodsy quality of mrens and ccerulescens,so soothing to the ear. 666. Dendroica chrysoparia Sd. Sr Salv. Golden-cheeked Warbler. Adult male in spring and summer. — Upper parts and throat black, u
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . as scrub oaks, pinons, junipers, and manzanitas. Along the North Fork of the Yuba River in the Sierra we foundit singing in the bushes along the road, and in the junipers on ahillside near camp. Its song is a simple warbler lay, zee-ee-zee-ee,ze, ze, ze, with the quiet woodsy quality of mrens and ccerulescens,so soothing to the ear. 666. Dendroica chrysoparia Sd. Sr Salv. Golden-cheeked Warbler. Adult male in spring and summer. — Upper parts and throat black, upper parts sometimes tinged with olive green; sides of head bright yellow, interrupted by narrow black streak through eye; forehead usually with yellow spot or streak ; breast and belly white, sides streaked with black ; wings and tail black, wings with two white bands and tail with three outer pairs of feathers with inner web largely white. Adult female in spring and summer : like „. cnr* ~~ 1 u i. i. V Fig. 529. summer male, but upper parts olive green, indistinctly streaked; throat yellowish, black showing through; wings. 420 WOOD WARBLERS and tail duller, wing bands narrower. Adult male in fall and winter:like summer male, but feathers of black throat patch edged with white oryellowish. Young male in first fall and winter : like adult fall male, butupper parts streaked with olive green and black, upper tail coverts edgedwith olive green and gray, wings and tail duller, wing bars with blackshaft streaks. Young female in first fall and winter : like adult female,but upper parts plain olive green, or indistinctly streaked; throat andchest grayish, throat tinged with yellow; sides and flanks indistinctlystreaked with dusky. Young^ first plumage : upper parts grayish brownor brownish gray; sides of head, throat, chest, and sides pale brownishgray ; rest of under parts whitish, breast indistinctly streaked ; wings andtail like adults, but wing coverts with dark mesial wedge-s
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