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Kentucky Warbler
Adult male--Upper parts light olive green, except the crown, which is black; from the bill, over and back of the eye, is a thin, yellow line; below it there is a black patch, which narrows below the cheek, then again becoming slightly wider; under parts bright yellow.
Adult female--Colours rather less brilliant. Length--5.40.
Breeding Range--Throughout the Eastern States, from the Gulf of Mexico to Illinois and Connecticut.
The nest is placed on the ground or among the roots of a fallen tree, usually in woods that are more or less damp; it is a large structure of leaves (mostly on the outside), grasses, and fine roots, lined with fine roots and sometimes hair. The eggs, numbering from 4 to 5, "rarely 6," are white, spotted or blotched, more so at the larger end, with varying shades of brown and gray. Size--.73 x .57.
This bird may be easily mistaken by the novice for the Maryland yellow-throat, being about the same size and colour; the black crown and the light yellow line over the eye, together with the fact that it walks, should serve to identify it. Near New York the eggs are laid about the end of May, in Kansas about ten days earlier.