AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



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Photo by A. R. Spaid. 

 NEST OF BLUEBIRD IN ARM OF SCARE-CROW. 



rump and white band across the middle of the tail, the spots being 

 large, square and on inner webs of the feathers. The female is much 

 duller in color than the male, having few if any prominent black 

 markings. Winter adults and young birds are similar to the female 

 but the back is more greenish and the yellow usually brighter beneath. 



NESTING HABITS. 

 This species nests almost exclusively in coniferous trees at 

 elevations of from three to forty feet from the ground. The nests are 

 made of fine grasses and rootlets lined with fine black rootlets or hair. 

 They lay from three to five eggs of a creamy white color wreathed 

 about the large end and sparingly sprinkled with reddish brown and 

 chestnut. Nests and eggs will usually be found the first of June. 



HABITS. 



Magnolia Warblers, or as many know them, Black and Yellow 



