Identifier: cu31924022517365 (find matches)
Title: The warblers of North America
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945 Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927
Subjects: Wood warblers Birds
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Company
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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—The eggs of this bird in all respects are the same asthose of the Nashville Warbler. Nesting Dates.—Tacoma, Wash., April 28 9 building; June 24three fresh eggs (Bowles). Virginias Warbler HELMINTHOPHILA VIRGINIA (Baird) Plate VI Distinguishing Characters.—General color gray; crown-patch chestnut, upperand under tail-coverts and breast-patch yellow. Length (skin), 4.20; wing, 2.40;tail, 1.85; bill, .40. Adult <$, Spring.—Crown-patch chestnut tipped with gray; cheeks andback brownish gray, eye-ring white; rump and upper tail-coverts dull yellow;tail fuscous, outer pair of feathers usually margined with white on the innerweb; wings margined with gray, no white bars; below grayish white, breast-patch and under tail-coverts yellow. Adult <?, Fall.—Similar to above but crown-patch more broadly tipped,underparts more buffy. Young <?, Fall.—Not seen. Adult ?, Spring.—Similar to adult d in Spring, but chestnut and yellowareas somewhat paler and more restricted. Plate VI
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1. Olive Warbler, Adult Male. 2. Olive Warbler, Adult Female. 3. Lucys Warbler, Adult. 4. Lucys Warbler, Young. 5. Virginias Warbler, Adult. 6. Virginias Warbler, Young. (one-half natural size.) VIRGINIAS WARBLER 99 Adult ?, Fall.—Similar to adult 9 in Spring but slightly browner above,crest tipped with brownish gray, yellow of breast with whitish, flanks browner. Young ?, Fall.—Similar to adult $ in Spring but crown-patch nearly obso-lete, rump and under tail-coverts duller, under parts buffier, no yellow breast-patch. Nestling.—Above grayish brown; throat and breast paler, belly whitish;upper and under tail-coverts saffron; wings and tail as in young c?, greaterand median coverts brownish gray narrowly but sharply tipped with buffy. General Distribution.—Rocky Mountains of the United States,north to Colorado (common), Utah (Wasatch Mts., Salt Lake City)and Nevada (East Humboldt Mountains). Winters in Mexico. Migration.—The first migrant was seen at Cooney, New Mex.,April 1

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