. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. HOODED WARBLER. Sylvania mitrata. Char. Male : above, yellow olive ; beneath, rich yellow; sides shaded with pale olive; head and neck black, enclosing a wide band of yellow across forehead and through eyes; tail with patch of white on two or three outer tail-feathers. Bill black, feet fiesh-color. Female : similar to male, but sometimes lacking the black, in which specimens the crown is olive and the throat yellow. Nest. In a low bush; made of leaves and vegetable fibre, lined wit
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. HOODED WARBLER. Sylvania mitrata. Char. Male : above, yellow olive ; beneath, rich yellow; sides shaded with pale olive; head and neck black, enclosing a wide band of yellow across forehead and through eyes; tail with patch of white on two or three outer tail-feathers. Bill black, feet fiesh-color. Female : similar to male, but sometimes lacking the black, in which specimens the crown is olive and the throat yellow. Nest. In a low bush; made of leaves and vegetable fibre, lined with grass or horse-hair. Eggs. 4-5; creamy white, spotted chiefly around the larger end with brown and lilac; x This beautiful and singularly marked summer species, com- mon in the South, is rarely seen to the north of the State of Maryland. Tt retires to Mexico or the West Indies proba- bly to pass the winter. At Savannah, in Georgia, it arrives from the South about the 20th of March, according to Wilson. It is partial to lovsr and shady situations darkened with under- wood, is frequent among the cane-brakes of Tennessee and Mississippi, and is exceedingly active, and almost perpetually engaged in the pursuit of winged insects. While thus em- ployed, it now and then utters three loud, and not unmusical, very lively notes, resembling the words, twee twee 'twittshe. In its simple song and general habits it therefore much resem- bles the summer Yellow Bird. Its neat and compact nest is generally fixed in the fork of a small bush, formed outwardly of moss and flax, lined with hair, and sometimes feathers; the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston, Little, Brown
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