_Wilsonia citrina. Case 8, Figs. 54, 55_
The yellow face and black 'hood' distinguishes the
male, but both sexes may be known by the large
amount of white in the outer tail-feathers. L.
5-3/4.
_Range._ Nests from Georgia and Louisiana north to
Michigan and Connecticut; winters in the tropics.
Washington, locally common, S.R., Apl. 19-Oct. 1.
Ossining, rare S.R., to Sept. 1. N. Ohio, rare.
May 8, 9, 12 and 22.
Color, song, habit and temperament combine to make the Hooded Warbler
one of the most attractive members of its family. As one sees it
flitting from bush to bush in woodland undergrowth, displaying its white
outer tail-feathers as it flies, pausing now and again to utter its
simple, sweet whistled song, one is impressed not only by its beauty but
by its gentleness. It nests in a bush within a foot or two of the
ground, laying 3-5 white eggs, wreathed with shades of brown spots,
early in May, in the South, in June, in the North.