. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . , arebright gamboge yellow streaked with black. The throat is sometimes tingedwith reddish chestnut like the region of the ears. There is a large whitearea on the wings, and on the inner web of the exterior tail feathers. Thebill is more acute than in other representatives of this genus. The female is grayish olive green above with a yellowish rump, and ayellow stripe over the eye. Below the ground color varies from whitishyellow to sometimes deep yellow streaked obscurely with dusky. In autumnthe markings of both sexes ar
. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . , arebright gamboge yellow streaked with black. The throat is sometimes tingedwith reddish chestnut like the region of the ears. There is a large whitearea on the wings, and on the inner web of the exterior tail feathers. Thebill is more acute than in other representatives of this genus. The female is grayish olive green above with a yellowish rump, and ayellow stripe over the eye. Below the ground color varies from whitishyellow to sometimes deep yellow streaked obscurely with dusky. In autumnthe markings of both sexes are much suffused and obscured by grayish olive. The nest is semi-pensile, of grasses and fine twigs and roots, fastenedwith spider webs and fine plant fibres. It is attached to a low branch in openwoods, and sometimes in isolated trees in fields. In the Woods. 129 The eggs are white, dull in character, and often buffy. They are sparselyspeckled, mainly at the larger end with brown spots of varying shades. Theyare seven tenths of an inch long and half an inch in CAPE MAY WARBLER. FEMALE IN AUTUMN. These birds are found throughout Eastern North America, north toWinnipeg and Hudsons Bay. They breed from Northern New Englandnorth throughout their range, and winter in the West Indies and CentralAmerica. This small and agile Warbler, about four inches and three quarters long, is a common bird during its migrations, but is local in its distribution during ^, , ^ . the nesting season. It is o-enerally found throughout North Northern Parula . t> ./ » Warbler America as far north as Canada, breeds locally throughout compsothiypis americana New England, New York, and westward in the northern border States, and northward as indicated. It winters from Florida through the West Indies southward. The general color of the upper parts is bluish gray, being more blue on the head and black in front of the eye. The back is bright greenish yellow forming a definite patch. The throat and b
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