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Northern Parula Warbler

- The Parula Warbler, breeding from Maryland and southern Illinois northward, has been described under the above name by Mr. Brewster as similar to the southern C. americana but "averaging slightly larger but with a shorter bill. Adult male with less yellow on the under parts and more black or blackish on the lores and malar region; the dark collar across the jugulum black or blackish, broad and conspicuous; the chest mottled or spotted with rich brownish chestnut." (Brewster, The Auk, xiii, 1896, p. 45.) 654a. Add Dendroica cærulescens cairnsi Coues. CAIRNS'S