. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . inkish white, spotted mainly about thelarger end with brown, lavender, and dark amber. The Townsend warbler is a difficult bird to study, as it affects thetops of lofty firs and spruces, hurrying from one to the other inwhat may well appear unseemly haste to the observer below. Dr. Merrill ascribes to it a mrens-Wke drawled dee-dee-dee-de de. 669. Dendroica OCCidentalis (Towns.). Hermit Warbler. Adult male in spring and summer. — Top and sides of head bright ye
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . inkish white, spotted mainly about thelarger end with brown, lavender, and dark amber. The Townsend warbler is a difficult bird to study, as it affects thetops of lofty firs and spruces, hurrying from one to the other inwhat may well appear unseemly haste to the observer below. Dr. Merrill ascribes to it a mrens-Wke drawled dee-dee-dee-de de. 669. Dendroica OCCidentalis (Towns.). Hermit Warbler. Adult male in spring and summer. — Top and sides of head bright yellow,crown spotted with black, occiput usually mainly or wholly black; throatblack; rest of under parts white, some-times streaked on sides ; hind neck streakedblack and olive green ; rest of upper partsgray, tinged with olive green and streakedwith black; wings and tail black, wingscrossed by two white bands ; tail with twoouter pairs of feathers largely white. Adultfemale in spring and summer: like wintermale, but forehead and crown largely yel-low ; streaks on back restricted ; body lessbrownish; throat and chest often with. Fig. 532. 422 WOOD WARBLERS dusky patch. Adult male in fall and winter: like summer male, but yel-low of crown and occiput obscured by olive tips to feathers, black streaksof back obscured by grayish edges to feathers, and black throat patchwith whitish tips. Adult female in fall and winter: upper parts plaingrayish olive, crown with traces of yellow; under parts brownish white,throat and chest with feathers dusky below the surface. Young male infirst fall and winter: like adult fall male, but crown olive green, backmore olive, streaking concealed or obsolete ; sides of head paler yellowwashed with olive ; throat and chest whitish or yellowish, feathers blackunder the surface ; rest of under parts soiled white ; sides and flankstinged with olive brown. Male : length (skins) , wing ,tail , bill . Female: length (skins)
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