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Bler (Ad Top and sides of the head)

Ad.-Top and sides of the head bluish gray, a partially concealed chestnut patch in the center of the crown; back and rump bright olive-green; wings and tail edged with the same and without white; under parts bright yellow, whiter on the belly. Im. - Upper parts dull olive-green, more or less washed with brownish; rump brighter; wings and tail as in the ad.; sides of the head brownish ashy, eye-ring white; under parts yellowish, brighter on the breast; sides brownish. L., 477; W., 233; T., 1.81; B. from Ν., 28.

Range.-Eastern North America; breeds from northern Illinois and Connecticut northward to Labrador and the fur countries; winters in the tropics.

Washington, uncommon T. V., May 5 to 20; Sept. 5 to 20. Sing Sing, tolerably common T. V., May 7 to 27; Aug. 11 to Oct. 4; may breed. Cambridge, rather common S. R., May 5 to Oct. 1, more common T. V. Nest, of grasses and moss, lined with finer grasses and fine, hairlike rootlets, on the ground, in partial clearings or tree-grown pastures. Eggs, four to five, white, thickly speckled, chiefly at the larger end, with rufous or cinnamon-brown, 61 x 48. This Warbler is an inhabitant of rather open woodland, young second growth, or tree-bordered fields. In addition to the usual chip, it has a sharp, characteristic call-note, while its song is about as likely to attract attention as that of the Chestnut-sided Warbler. Minot writes it "weé'-see-weé'-see, wit'-a-wit'-a-wit," while Langille gives it as "ke-tsee-ke-tsee-ke-tsee-chip-ee-chip-ee-chip-ee-chip," and compares the first half to the penetrating notes of the Black and White Warbler, and the last half to the twitter of the Chipping Sparrow. WOOD WARBLERS. 646. Helminthophila celata (Say). ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. Ad.-Upper parts rather ashy olive-green; feathers of the crown orangerufous at the base; wings and tail edged with olive-green and without white; eye-ring yellow: under parts greenish yellow, obscurely streaked with dusky on the breast. Im. - Similar, but without orange-rufous in the crown; upper parts more ashy; under parts duller; eye-ring white. L., 5.00; W., 2.50; T., 1.95; B. from N., 31.