. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 128 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK tail-feathers showing white when spread; under parts bright yel- low. Ad. 9. —Similar, but yellow of head restricted to the forehead; under parts duller. Nest, on the ground. Eggs, white, thinly speckled with reddish- brown. The Blue-Winged Warbler does not occur north of southern Connecticut and the Lower Hudson Valley, bu
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 128 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK tail-feathers showing white when spread; under parts bright yel- low. Ad. 9. —Similar, but yellow of head restricted to the forehead; under parts duller. Nest, on the ground. Eggs, white, thinly speckled with reddish- brown. The Blue-Winged Warbler does not occur north of southern Connecticut and the Lower Hudson Valley, but in most of this region it is fairly common. It arrives early in May and leaves early in September. It is found in dry bushy fields, on the edges of woodland, and sometimes even in swampy growth. It is not Fig. 23. Blue-winged Warbler „ j: ti , . so active as many 01 the war- blers, and gleans its food leisurely among the branches of trees. Its song is characteristic ; the syllables zwee-ekurr, both notes drawled, represent the ordinary song. It occa- sionally utters a longer, more complicated series of notes. From the Yellow Warbler it may readily be distinguished by its gray wings and by the black line from the hill through the eye. WoKM-EATiNG Warbler. Helmithews vermivorus Ad. — Head with four black lines, two through the eyes, and two on the top of the head, separated by bufEy lines; back olive green in strong light; throat buffy; breast and belly whitish. Nest, on ground, always with the heads of a common moss, Poly- trichum, in the lining. Eggs, white, spotted with reddish-brown. The Worm-eating Warbler is a regular, but not very com- mon, summer resident of the lower Hudson Valley, is locally common in northern New Jersey, and occurs locally in southern Connecticut. It arrives in May and leaves in August. It is a bird either of dry wooded banks, or of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhan
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