. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . ; tarsus, |; culmen, |. Atlan-tic States ; breeding from eastern Maine to Hudson Bay, and wintering inthe South Atlantic and Gulf States. (The Talm Warbler is found northto Great Slave Lake, and winters south to Mexico.) 28. Prairie Warbler (673. Dendrdica discolor). — A smallolive-green-backed warbler with the under parts bright yellow,streaked with black on the sides. The center of the back ismarked in the adult with a brownish patch, and the under tail 90 KEY AND DES
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . ; tarsus, |; culmen, |. Atlan-tic States ; breeding from eastern Maine to Hudson Bay, and wintering inthe South Atlantic and Gulf States. (The Talm Warbler is found northto Great Slave Lake, and winters south to Mexico.) 28. Prairie Warbler (673. Dendrdica discolor). — A smallolive-green-backed warbler with the under parts bright yellow,streaked with black on the sides. The center of the back ismarked in the adult with a brownish patch, and the under tail 90 KEY AND DESCRIPTION. feathers have large white patches at their tips, even the outerwebs having white at their bases. There is a yellow line overthe eye, and a black crescent-shaped mark underthe eye. The female sometimes lacks thebrown patch of the back, and the youngusually has the whole upper partsashy in shade. A shy inhabitantof bushy fields and pastures. Length, 4-J ; wins, 2\ ; tail, 2 ;culmen, ]. rnited Statesfrom the Plains eastward ;breeding from Floridanorth to Michigan andsouthern New England,and wintering from Flor-ida to the West Warbler 29. Oven-bird ( aurocapfllus). — A rather small, thrush-like, olive-greeu-backed bird, with white under parts, spotted with Idack on thebreast and sides; the crown is marked with bntwiiish-orange,bordered with black stripes; wings and tail unmarked. Tliis isa walking, tail-wagging bird, found mainly in wooded ground,except in early sjtring, whenit may often be seen in theshrubbery and gardens loudlysinging its notes, which seemto
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