350 WOOD WARBLERS. 
     
    
   
   
    
     346. HelmInthophlla. celata. (Sag). ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. 
     
     Ant—Upper parts rather ashy olive—green; feathers of the crown orange- 
     
     rufous 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. Ina—Similar, but without orange—rufous in the crown ; upper 
     
     parts more ashy; under parts duller; eye-ring white. L., 500; W., 2'50; 
     
     T., 1‘95; B. from N., '31. 
     
    

    
     Range—Breeds in the interior of British Columbia, and as far north as 
     
     the “Yukon and Mackenzie River districts, and southward through the 
     
     Rocky Mountains; winters in the South Atlantic and Gulf States and 
     
     Mexico.” 
     
    

    
     Washington, casual T. V., one instance, Oct. Sing Sing, A. V. Cam- 
     
     bridge, rare ’1‘. V.,in fall, Sept. 30; Oct. 2. 
     
    

    
     Nest, of leaves and fine grasses, on or near the ground. Eggs, four to five, 
     
     white, with specks or spots of cinnamon-brown or rufous, more numerous at 
     
     the larger end, '63 x '49. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Orange-crowned Warblers are rare in the North Atlantic States. 
     
     In Florida, where they are common in the winter, they evidently pre- 
     
     fer the densely foliaged live and water oaks. Their sharp chip is sufii- 
     
     ciently characteristic to be recognized after one has become thoroughly 
     
     familiar with it. Their song, which I have never heard, is described 
     
     by Colonel Goss as consisting of “a few sweet trills uttered in a spir- 
     
     ited manner, and abruptly ending on a rising scale.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     647. Helmlnthophna. peregrina. ( Wile). TENNESSEE WARBLER. 
     
     (See Fig. 53, (1.) Ad. 6 .—-Top and sides of the head bluish gray, sharply de- 
     
     fined from the bright olive-green back and rump; wings and tail edged with 
     
     olive-green; no white wing—bars; inner margin of inner vane of outer tail- 
     
     feathers generally white at the tip; under parts white, sometimes tinged with 
     
     yellow. Ad. 9 .—Similar, but crown tinged with greenish and under parts 
     
     washed with yellowish. [mu—Upper parts uniform olive-green; under parts 
     
     washed with yellowish; under tail—coverts white. L., 500; W., 263; T., 1'69; 
     
     B. from N., '32. 
     
    

    
     Remarks—The adults of this and the two preceding species may be dis- 
     
     tinguished with ease; immature birds, however, are frequently confused. 
     
     The Nashville is distinctly yellow on the breast and under tail-coverts; the 
     
     Orange-crowned is pale greenish yellow, with dusky streaks and yellow 
     
     under tail-coverts; the Tennessee is pale greenish yellow, without streaks, 
     
     and with the under tail-coverts white. 
     
    

    
     Range—Eastern North America; breeds from Minnesota, northern New 
     
     York, and New Brunswick northward; winters in Central America. 
     
    

    
     Washington, T. V., not observed in spring: occasionally common in fall, 
     
     Aug. 25 to Oct. 15. Sing Sing, rare '1‘. V., May 22 to 27; Aug. 22 to Oct. 2. 
     
     Cambridge, rare T. V., May 15 to 28; Sept. 
     
    

    
     Nest, of fine hempen fibers, grasses. and moss, lined with hair, in low 
     
     bushes near the ground. Eggs, pearly white, with a circle of brown and par. 
     
     plish spots about the larger end, '60 x '50 (3., B., and R.).