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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Rumped Warbler

(Fig. 98.) Ad. 8. - A yellow patch on the crown, rump, and either side of the breast; upper parts bluish gray, streaked with black; two white wing-bars; outer tail-feathers with white spots on their inner vanes near the tip; throat white; breast and upper belly heavily marked with black; lower belly white. Ad. q. - Similar, but with less black below; breast simply streaked with black; upper parts browner. Im. and ads. in winter. Yellow crown patch more or less concealed by brownish tips to the feathers; rump bright yellow; yellow on the sides of the breast much reduced; upper parts grayish brown, streaked with black; wing-bars grayish; tail with white patches; under parts soiled white, streaked with black. L., 5-65; W., 2-85; T., 2.25; B. from N., 29.

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