PERCHING BIRDS 



feeding largely upon the ground amid dead leaves. 

 They are quite abundant in most localities in their 

 range, nesting in hollows on the ground in open 

 woods or shrubbery on hill sides; the nest is made 

 of leaves, grasses and rootlets, lined with hair or 

 finer grasses, and is usually placed under the 

 shelter of some small bush. They lay (in May, 

 June or July) three to six eggs, white, marked or 

 blotched either sparingly or heavily with chestnut 

 or lavender. Size .70 x .52. 



()K). Eachman's Warbler. Vermivora 

 bachmani. 



Range. — Southeastern United States, along lue 

 Gulf coast to Louisiana and north to Virginia and 

 Missouri. 



This species is one of the rarest of the Warl)- 

 lers, but is now much more abundant than twenty 

 years ago, when it had apparently disappeared. 

 They are greenish above, and yellow below, and 

 on the forehead and shoulder, and with black 

 patches on the crown and breast. They have 

 been found breeding in Missouri, nesting on tiie 

 ground like others of this genus; the eggs are 

 white wreathed about the large end and sparingly 

 specked over the whole surface with reddish 

 brown and chestnut. Size .65 x .50. 



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(!l I. Hlte-wincjed Warbler. Vennivoid pinus. 



Range. — Eastern United Slates, breeding north to southern New England and 

 in the Mississippi Valley to Minnesota; winters south of our borders. 



This common species has the crown and underparts yellow, line through the 

 eye black, and white wing bars and spots on outer tail feathers. They breed 

 most abundantly in the northern half of their United States 

 range, placing their nests on the ground in thickets or on the 

 edge of woods; the nests are made of strips of bark, usually 

 grapevine, and leaves, and are usually high and deeply cupped, 

 tliey are almost always placed among the upright shoots of 

 young bushes. The eggs are white, finely specked with reddish 

 Ijrown with great variations as to markings. Size .65 x .50. 

 liata. — Old Saybrook, Conn., June 1, 1900. 5 eggs. Nest composed chiefly of 

 dry beech leaves and strips of cedar bark, lined with shreds of bark and fine 

 grass; situated on the ground among a bunch of weeds in the woods. 



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