. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Mourning Warbler the low bushes, and receives its com-mon name from the appearance of crape on the head. It FAM. VII. WOOD WARBLERS 93 frequently perches on low limbs and sings its clear, whist-ling notes. Length, 5^r; wing, 2.^ (2i-2^); tail, 2 ; tarsus, i ; culmen, f. NorthAmerica, from the Plains eastward ; breeding from the mountains of Penn-sylvania and northern Michigan northward, and wintering south of theUnited States to northern South America. 35. Maryland Yell
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Mourning Warbler the low bushes, and receives its com-mon name from the appearance of crape on the head. It FAM. VII. WOOD WARBLERS 93 frequently perches on low limbs and sings its clear, whist-ling notes. Length, 5^r; wing, 2.^ (2i-2^); tail, 2 ; tarsus, i ; culmen, f. NorthAmerica, from the Plains eastward ; breeding from the mountains of Penn-sylvania and northern Michigan northward, and wintering south of theUnited States to northern South America. 35. Maryland Yellow-throat (681. Gedthlypis trichas). — Abright, yellow-breasted, olive-green-backed warbler, with apeculiar, distinctly out-lined, black mask acrossthe forehead and overthe cheeks; wings andtail short and with less distinctmask, and sometimesnone. This is a com-m o n, b u s h -1 i V i n g,sprightly bird, whichchirps and sings through-out the Maryland Yellow-throat Length, 5; wing, 2i (1|- ^ 2i); tail, 2 ; tarsus, J ; cul-men, |. Eastern UnitedStates ; breeding from Geor-gia to southern Labrador, and wintering in the South Atlantic States toCentral America (even as far north as Massachusetts). The FloridaYellow-throat (081». G. t. ignota) has the under parts a deeper yellow,the upper parts browner, and the black mask larger. Florida and Western Yellow-throat (681*. Cr. t. ocvidentalis) is a larger andbrighter colored bird, the bright yellow of the breast extending almostto the anal regions, and the black mask bordered behind by a grayishwhite band. The wings and tail are each about 2^ long. From theMississippi Valley to the Pacific coast. 36. Yellow-breasted Chat (683. Icth-ia virens). — A large,bright-yellow-breasted, white-bellied, olive-green-backed bird,with a white line over the eye, no wing bars, and a stoutbill. This is a bright-colored, noisy dweller of bushy thickets,much more readily heard than see
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