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During the last few weeks, I have seen visiting green jays, a golden-fronted woodpecker, yellow-rumped and orange-crowned warblers, and chipping, field, Lincoln's and white-throated sparrows enjoying a refreshing baths.

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Having the top of the head orange: as, the orange-crowned warbler, Helminthophaga celata.

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During the last few weeks, I have seen visiting green jays, a golden-fronted woodpecker, yellow-rumped and orange-crowned warblers, and chipping, field, Lincoln's and white-throated sparrows enjoying a refreshing baths. — Victoria Advocate stories: News
Belonging to the same subfamily is the orange-crowned warbler. — Our Bird Comrades
Summer resident; not uncommon: western form of the orange-crowned warbler; ranges to eastern base of mountains. — Birds of the Rockies
On March the eighteenth, 1212, the "Emperor of the Romans Elect," as he already styled himself, set out from orange-crowned Palermo on the — Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times