. The warblers of New England . fcff^:? •:i\f-<i and hai\cl-eolore<l ny O. i. ^ Blaek and white Warbler, 1, male, 2, May • 3, • 4, Black-throated Blue, 5, H. AMERICAN Miiiotiltidju. Small birds, less than six inches lono-. The bill is nev^tr longer than the head The elongated flight primariesare nine. The tail feathers are twelve. The colors of mostof the species are conspicuous and showy, yellow, black,and white, appearing in patches and streakings, while oth-ers are prominently marked with orange, salmon etc. Re-stricted in distribution to the continent
. The warblers of New England . fcff^:? •:i\f-<i and hai\cl-eolore<l ny O. i. ^ Blaek and white Warbler, 1, male, 2, May • 3, • 4, Black-throated Blue, 5, H. AMERICAN Miiiotiltidju. Small birds, less than six inches lono-. The bill is nev^tr longer than the head The elongated flight primariesare nine. The tail feathers are twelve. The colors of mostof the species are conspicuous and showy, yellow, black,and white, appearing in patches and streakings, while oth-ers are prominently marked with orange, salmon etc. Re-stricted in distribution to the continent of America andadjacent islands. The size of the members of this family is quite uniform, the smallestspecies being about four and a half inches long and the largest not over fiveand three quarters inches long. The bill is variable in length. In the s])ec-ies which we have under consideration, it is shortest proportionately in theFlycatching Warblers, notably in the Wilsons Black Cap ( See Fig. 1, A ) andlongest in the Ye
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