Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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And Yellow Warbler

(Fig. 99.) Ad. 8. - Crown bluish gray, cheeks and forehead black, a white line behind the eye; back black, bordered with olivegreen, a large white patch on the wing-coverts; rump yellow, tail black, inner vanes of all but the central feathers with white patches on their middle, the end third of the feather being entirely black; throat yellow, breast and sides heavily streaked with black. Ad. q. - Similar, but with the colors duller and less sharply defined; back greener. Im. - Top and sides of the head ashy; back olive-green, with nearly concealed black spots; two narrow wing-bars; rump yellow; tail as in the adults; under parts yellow; whiter on the belly; sides with a few black streaks. L., 5·12; W., 2.30; T., 2.00; B. from N., 30.

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