l'lJUIIING BIRDS 



649. Sennett's Warbler. Compsothlypis 

 piti ayumi nigrilora. 



Range. — Eastern Mexico, north to the Lowei 

 Rio Grande Valley in Texas. 



This species is similar to the Parula but is more 

 extensively yellow below, and has black lores and 

 ear coverts. Their habits are the same as those 

 of the last and their nests are generally placed in 

 hanging moss, and are also said to have been 

 found hollowed out in the mistletoe which grow 

 on many trees in southern Texas, New Mexico and 

 Arizona. The eggs cannot he distinguished from 

 those of the last. 



650. Cape M w Warbler. Dendroica tig- 



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Range. — Eastern North America, 

 breeding from northern New Eng- 

 land and Manitoba northward; win- 

 ters south of the United States 



This beautiful Warbler is yellow 

 below and on the rump, streaked on 

 the breast and sides with black; 

 the ear coverts and sometimes the throat are 

 chestnut. They are very local in their distribu- 

 tion both during migrations and in their breed 

 ing grounds. They nest in the outer branches of 

 trees, preferably conifers, making the nesl 

 slender twigs, rootlets, grasses, etc. lined with 

 hair; the four or five eggs are white, variouslj 

 I" i-ked with reddish brown and lilac; size .65 

 x .48. 



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Sennett's Warbler 



651. Olive Warbler. Peucedramus olivaceus. 



Range. — Mountains of New Mexico and Arizona southward. 



This peculiar species may readily be recognized by its saffron or orange- 

 brown colored head and neck, with broad black bar through the eye. They 

 uesl at high elevations in coniferous trees on the mountain sides, placing then 

 nests either on the horizontal boughs or forks at the end ol them. 

 The nests are very beautiful structures made of moss, lichi 

 fine rootlets and grasses and etting high on the limb like those 

 of the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. The e frayish white with 



a bluish tinge, thicklj speckled with blackish; size .64 s 

 Data. Huachuca Mts., Arizona. June 21, 1901. Nesl in a sugar 

 pine near extremity of branch, 25 feel from the ground and 20 

 feel 0111 from the trunk ol the tree compo ed of lichens and fine rootlets, lined 

 with plant down. 



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