Vermillion all over; no black; female yellowish-olive and usually near the male; very rare. [Cardinal.]
72. YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. 5-1/2 in.
(Empidonax flaviventris. 463.)
Bright olive-green, with dark-brown tail and wings; yellowish wing-bars; sulphur-yellow below, brightest between legs and tinged elsewhere with pale olive; yellow eye-ring; call, a soft, slow whistle, “pe´-a.” [Yellow-throated Vireo.] [Least Flycatcher.] [Pine Warbler.]
73. BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. 5-1/4 in.
(Dendroica blackburniæ. 662.)
Black streaked with white; middle of crown, throat and sides of head, flaming orange; black patch behind eye; white wing-bars; female duller; usually high up among the leaves. [Prothonotary Warbler.]
74. OVENBIRD. 6-1/4 in.
(Seiurus aurocapillus. 674.)
Olive-green showing yellow tinge; below pure white, thickly spotted; orange-brown cap bordered with black stripes; scratches like a hen; tilts tail up and down; under shrubbery; note, “teacher” repeated rapidly with increasing emphasis. [Water-Thrushes.]