PERCHING BIRDS 



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655. Myrtle Warbler. Dendroica coronata. 



Range. — Eastern North America, breeding from 



northern United States northward. Winters in 



the southern half of eastern United States. 



This beautiful gray, white and 

 black Warbler can readily be iden- 

 tified by its yellow rump, side 

 patches and crown patch. It is 011 

 of our most common species durins 

 migrations when it is found west 

 to the Rockies and casually far- 

 ther. They nest on the lower branches of conifer 



ous trees, making their homes of rootlets, plan: 



fibres and grasses; during June or the latter pan 



of May, three or four eggs are laid; they are white. 



spotted with several shades of brown and lilac; 



size .70 x .50. Data. — Lancaster, N. H., June 7, 



1888 Nest in a small spruce, about 6 feet up: 



made of fine twigs, lined with leathers. 



656. Audubon's Warbler. Dendroica audu- 



boni auduboni. 



Range. — Mountain ranges of western United 

 States from British Columbia to Mexico. 



This bird resembles the last in the location of 



the yellow patches but lias a yellow 



instead of a white throat, and is 



otherwise differently marked. They 



are as abundant in suitable locali- 

 ties as are the Myrtle Warblers in 



the east, nesting on the outer 



branches of coniferous trees at any 

 height from the ground. The nests are made of 

 barfc strips, rootlets, plant fibre, grasses and pine 

 needles, the three to five eggs are greenish or bluish whit, marked with brown 

 nnd lilac; 3ize .hs x .52. The one tigured is from a beautiful sel ol four in .Mi. 

 C W Crandall's collection, and the ground color i> a delicate shade «»t Liu 

 Data.— Spanaway, Washington, April 23, 1902. Nest on the limb of a large Br 

 in a dump of three in prairie country. 



Bluish white 



Myrtle Warblers 



Vudubon's Wa rblers 



656a. Black fronted Warbler. Dendroica auduboni nigrifrons. 



Range.— Mountains of southern Arizona and Mexico. 

 similar to the preceding, bul with the forehead and car everts black. 

 nests and eggs are in no way differenl from those of Udubons Warbler, 



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