in.
(Icterus spurius. 506.)
Male, rich _chestnut-brown_ with black head, wings and tail, narrow white
wing-bar; female olivaceous above and greenish-yellow below with two
white wing-bars; young male like female but with black throat; high
trees; loud, clear song. *Baltimore Oriole.
88. LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. 5-1/4 in.
(Telmatodytes palustris. 725.)
Brown, almost black on head, tail and between shoulders, the latter
streaked with white; barred only on wings and tail; _line over eye_ and
middle of breast white; _long bill_; spluttering song. *Other Wrens.
89. BAY-BREASTED WARBLER. 5-1/2 in.
(Dendroica castanea. 660.)
Ashy-brown, black-streaked; black cheeks and forehead; throat, upper part
of breast, sides and crown, _rich chestnut brown_; white wing-bars.
*Chestnut-sided Warbler.
90. PARULA WARBLER. 4-1/2 in.
(Compsothlypis americana. 648.)
Grayish-blue, _yellowish across the back_; throat and breast yellow,
latter crossed by brownish band; wing-bars; peculiar song. *Blue
Golden-winged Warbler.
91. WOOD PEWEE. 6-1/4 in.
(Contopus virens. 461.)
Dark olive-brown; brownish black on wings and tail; frowsy head; below
white, showing olive tinge on sides; two narrow white wing-bars;
plaintive note repeated slowly and often, "pee'to-way', pee'-to-way',
hee'-rue." *Phoebe. *Least Flycatcher.
92. BOBOLINK. 7-1/2 in.
(Dolichonyx orizivorus. 494.)
Male black with light back, creamy buff on neck; female, sparrow colored,
streaked above; long merry musical song; open fields; in Lincoln Park
usually seen in flocks flying overhead, singing on the wing.
93. BLUE GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. 5 in.
(Helminthophila chrysoptera. 642.)
Blue-gray; crown and _patch on wing_, golden yellow; _throat_, and stripe
through eye, _black_; white below; song, drawling "zee, zee, zee, zee."
*Parula Warbler.
94. INDIGO BUNTING. 5-3/4. in.
(Cyanospiza cyanea. 598.)
_Indigo blue_; wings and tail blackish; female brown; in flocks; often
feeds in the grass; noteworthy song. *Bluebird.
95. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. 5-1/4 in.
(Prothonotaria citrea. 637.)
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