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     the eye; crown, region below the eye, and the side of the throat black ; rest 
     
     of the upper parts, wings, and tail olive-green; no wing-bars or tail-patches; 
     
     under parts bright yellow. Ad. 9 .—Similar, but the black areas more gray- 
     
     ish and less clearly defined. L., 5'40; W., 2'60; T., 1'90; B. from N., '32. 
     
    

    
     Range—Eastern United States; breeds from the Gulf States to Iowa and 
     
     Connecticut; winters in Central America. 
     
    

    
     Washington, not very uncommon S. R., May 3 to Sept. 5. Sing Sing, 
     
     common S. R., May 2 to Aug. 27. 
     
    

    
     Nest, bulky. of twigs and rootlets, firmly wrapped with several thicknesses 
     
     of leaves, lined with line rootlets, on or near the ground. Eggs, four to five. 
     
     white or grayish white, finely and evenly speckled or coarsely blotched with 
     
     rufous to umber, '72 x '58. 
     
    

    
     The Kentucky Warbler frequents rather densely grown, well— 
     
     watered woods. Here he may be found, on or near the ground, hop- 
     
     ping from limb to limb or walking about searching for food. When 
     
     singing, he generally mounts to the lower branches of the higher trees. 
     
     His song iS'eutirely unlike that of any other Warbler. It is a loud, 
     
     clearly whistled performance of five, six, or seven notes—tur—dle, tur- 
     
     dle, tur—dle—resembling in tone some of the calls of the Carolina Wren. 
     
     Even in the woods it may be heard at a distance of about one hundred 
     
     and fifty yards. 
     
    

    
     In the height of the breeding season this Warbler is a most per- 
     
     sistent singer. On one occasion, at Englewood,- N. J ., I watched a. 
     
     male for three hours. During this period, with the exception of five 
     
     interruptions of less than forty-five seconds each, he sang with the 
     
     greatest regularity once every twelve seconds. Thus, allowing for the 
     
     brief intervals of silence, he sang about 875 times, or some 5,250 notes. 
     
     1 found him singing, and when I departed he showed no signs of 
     
    
   
   
    
     ceasing. 
     
    
   
   
    
     878. Geothlypis aging (Wile). CONNECTICUT WARBLER. Ad. 5. 
     
     —Head, neck, and breast bluish gray, lighter on the throat; crown in the fall 
     
    
   
   
    
     tipped with olive-green ; eye-ring white ; rest of upper parts, wings, and tail 
     
     olive-green; no wing-bars or tail-patches; belly yellow; sides washed with 
     
     olive-green. Ad. 9 and [rm—Similar to the 6 , but upper parts uniform olive- 
     
     green; throat and breast pale grayish brown; belly pale yellow. L., 5-40; 
     
     W., 2-90; T.. 1‘90; B. from N., '32. 
     
    

    
     Maya—Eastern North America; breeds, as far as known, in Manitoba; 
     
    
   
   
    
     winters in northern South America. 
     
     Washington, T. V., very rare in spring, late May ; common from Aug. 28 
     
    
   
   
    
     to Oct. 15. Sing Sing, rare T. V., Aug. 26 to Oct. 9. Cambridge, fall T. V., 
     
     sometimes locally abundant, Sept. 10 to 30. 
     
    

    
     Nest, of dry grasses, on the ground. Eggs, four, white, with a few spots of 
     
     lilac-purple, brown, and black about the larger end, '75 x '60 (Thompson, 
     
     Auk, i, 1884, p. 192). 
     
    

    
     “ Connecticut Warbler” is an unfortunate misnomer for this spe- 
     
    

    
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