Warbler WESTERN BIRDS 



GENUS VERMIVORA: CALAVERAS 

 WARBLER. 



Calaveras Warbler: Vertnivora rubricappilla 

 gutturalis. 



FAMILY— WOOD WARBLERS. 



The Calaveras Warbler is the western representative 

 of the Nashville, and differs from it in plumage chiefly 

 in having the under parts a deeper, richer yellow, and 

 the rump and upper tail coverts brighter. 



It breeds from British Columbia south to central Cali- 

 fornia, east to Sierra Nevada, eastern Oregon, and 

 Idaho; wintering below the United States. 



In southern California the birds appear as migrants, 

 usually in the spring, and in company with Hermits, 

 Macgillivrays, Townsends, Black-throated Gray, and 

 other western species. It is fond of flitting about among 

 the bushes and low trees, its somber uppers blending with 

 its surroundings, but the bright yellow breast showing 

 conspicuously if the bird forages above the observer. 



Like the Nashville, this exquisite bird nests on the 

 ground, in some localities placing it at the foot of a 

 pine or oak tree, where it is sunk well into the ground, 

 or moss, and in others beneath some bush or rank growth, 

 where it is so well concealed as to easily defy detection 

 from mankind, although I fear me, their four-footed 

 enemies, and snakes, are not so easily deceived. 



GENUS VERMIVORA: ORANGE- 

 CROWNED WARBLER. (Eastern.) 



Orange-crowned Warbler: Vertnivora celata celata. 



FAMILY— WOOD WARBLERS. 



The Orange-crowned Warbler and its allies are the 

 despair of the bird student because of their dull, almost 



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