. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. WARBLERS 143 l)ack sometimes (more rarely the crown and rnmp also) narrowly streaked with black, and the forehead some- times with an oval center spot of yellowish ; sides of head and )icck. includinii zclioh- check rciiinn and a broad strif<c oz-cr eye. clear Iciiwn-yelloti', relieved by a streak of olive-green behind eye. this sometimes involv- ing greater part of the side of head; chin, throat, and chest isonietunes sides of breast also), uniform black. the tirst, sometimes partly yellow; rest of under parts, white or yellowish white, the brea
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. WARBLERS 143 l)ack sometimes (more rarely the crown and rnmp also) narrowly streaked with black, and the forehead some- times with an oval center spot of yellowish ; sides of head and )icck. includinii zclioh- check rciiinn and a broad strif<c oz-cr eye. clear Iciiwn-yelloti', relieved by a streak of olive-green behind eye. this sometimes involv- ing greater part of the side of head; chin, throat, and chest isonietunes sides of breast also), uniform black. the tirst, sometimes partly yellow; rest of under parts, white or yellowish white, the breast itsually tinged (sometimes strongly) with yellow; sides and flanks, heavily streaked with black, these streaks usually con- fluent forward with the black throat-patch at its rear margin; wings and tail, dusky with slate-gray edgings, the middle and greater wing-coverts, broadly tijiped with white forming two conspicuous bars across wing; inner webs of two side tail-feathers, mostly white, that of the third with a large white end spot, the two outermost with outer webs extensively white; bill, blackish; iris, brown ; legs and feet, dark horn-brown. Adult : Siiuilar to the adult male, but chin and throat, usually w'hitish or pale yellowish, the black 111 lower throat (if present there) and chest brnken (scinietmies almost hidden) by wliitish tips to the feathers; sides of breast, never uniform black. Nest and Eggs.— Xest : Nearly always in an ever- green from 15 to 40 feet up, on a limb some distance from the trunk; compactly built of rootlets, bark strips, grasses, wool, and feathers and line<l with hair and vegetable dmvn. : Cuninionly 4. creamy- white, spotted with chestnut, brown, and lilac-gray mixed with a few darker spots. Distribution.— Xorth .\mcrica; north to Nova Scotia, shores and islands of Gull of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, southern shores of Hudson Bay, -Mberta, etc.; breeding southward to mountains of Con- necticut, New York, and Pennsylvan
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