. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . ture male of the Kentucky Warbler. A sober thought, however, of the late date, andthe appearance of the O. S. U. specimen in the same plumage convince me that it was an immature Con-necticut Warbler, The bird gave little snatches of song quite unlike anything else I ever heard. THE MOURNING WARBLER. i«i No. WARBLER. A. O. U. No. 679. Qeothlypis Philadelphia (Wils.). Description.—Adult male: Whole head and neck and fore breast slaty gray,intermixed below with black, wh
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . ture male of the Kentucky Warbler. A sober thought, however, of the late date, andthe appearance of the O. S. U. specimen in the same plumage convince me that it was an immature Con-necticut Warbler, The bird gave little snatches of song quite unlike anything else I ever heard. THE MOURNING WARBLER. i«i No. WARBLER. A. O. U. No. 679. Qeothlypis Philadelphia (Wils.). Description.—Adult male: Whole head and neck and fore breast slaty gray,intermixed below with black, which emerges clear on the fore breast; lores and or-bital ring black; remaining plumage bright olive-green above, shading into brightyellow below; bill dark above, pale below; feet very light brown. Adult femaleand immature: Similar, but slate of head more or less overcast by olive-green;throat dull white or brownish white,—even yellowish; fore breast dull ashy orgrayish brown, shading imperceptibly on sides of neck, etc. Length () ; wing () ; tail () ; bill .43 ().. Taken near Obcrlin. WARBLER CORNER AGAIN. Plwto by the Author. THE TiIICKETS IN THE FOREGROUND AFFORD SHELTER TO MOURNING, WILSON .\ND N.\SH\-ILLE WARBLERS, AND NORTHERN YELLOW-THROATS. Recognition Marks.—Smaller; black conspicuous in slaty grav of breast,—abruptly contrasting with yellow below. Female and young obscure, but affordingsuggestion of contrast on breast when closely scrutinized. Nesting.—Not known to breed in Ohio. Nest, on or near the ground, ofbark-strips, vegetable fibers and trash, lined with grasses and rootlets and some-times horsehair. Bggs, 4, white, dotted with cinnamon-red near larger size, .72 X .52 ( X ). i82 THE MOURNING WARBLER. General Range.—Eastern North America to the Plains, breeding from themountainous portions of Pennsylvania, New England, New York and northernMichigan northward. Central America and northern South
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