_Vermivora chrysoptera. Case 7, Figs. 34, 36_
A gray bird with a yellow patch on the wings and a
black or blackish breast.
_Range._ Nests from northern New Jersey and
southern Iowa north to Massachusetts and central
Minnesota and south in the mountains to northern
Georgia; winters in the tropics.
Washington, uncommon, T.V., May 1-30; Aug. 8-21.
Ossining, rare S.R., May 8-Aug. 25. Cambridge,
rather common S.R., May 12-Aug. 25. N. Ohio, rare
T.V., Glen Ellyn, irregular, not common T.V., May
4-18; Aug. 16-Sept. 24. SE. Minn., common S.R.,
May 5-Sept. 9.
The Golden-wing's _zee-zee-zee-zee_ resembles the Blue-wing's song in
tone but the syllables are all on one note. When nesting, the
Golden-wing prefers second growths, and birches, but when migrating it
may be found in the woods with others of its family. The nest is made
on the ground, and the eggs, which resemble those of the Blue-wing, but
are more heavily marked, are laid in May or early June.