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CERULEAN WARBLER. 



658. Dendroica cserulea. 5 inches. 



Above grayish bhie with black streaks, below white 

 with a bluish breast band and streaks on the sides; 

 female washed with greenish above and yellowish be- 

 low ; both have white patches near the ends of the tail 

 feathers. 



These dainty little Warblers are not abundant any- 

 wdiere, but seem to be most so in the central states. 

 The}^ are birds of the tree tops, rarely coming down so 

 that they can be distinctly seen. They may be more 

 common than supposed, for so small a body at such 

 heights can readily be overlooked. 



Song. — A little warbling trill, "zee-zee-ze-ee-eep." 



Nest. — In the higher outer branches of large trees 

 usually in deep woods; compactly made of dry grasses 

 and cobwebs, adorned with a few lichens ; eggs white 

 specked at the large end with brownish (.65 x .50). 



Range. — Interior portions of the U. S., breeding 

 north to Michigan and Minnesota; east to western Ne"W 

 Y'ork and, rarely, southern New England ; winters it 

 northern South America^ 



