142 NESTS AND EGGS OF BIBDS. 



87. GRACE'S WARBLER. 



DENDRCECA GRACI^ Coues. 



Grace's warbler is a rarity (thus far) from Neru Mexico and 

 Arizona, and seems there wholly confined to the " pine-belt that 

 indicates a certain elevation of tlie surface ni those territories." 

 Henshaw ascertained its presence frequently in the White Moun- 

 tains of Arizona, and saw young birds just from the nest during the 

 second week of July ; but the home they had left always remained 

 hidden, and we have only the conjecture with which to solace 

 ourselves, that it will be found high up in the pine-trees. 



88. THE YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. 



DENDRCECA DOMINICA (i.) Baird. 

 Yellow-throat; Pensile Warbler ; Jamaica "Warbler ; Conjaune. 



A bird of the eastern half of the Union alone, this lovely war- 

 bler belongs also to the south rather than to the north, since even 

 in midsummer it wanders little northward of Philadelphia on the 

 coast, and Missouri in the interior. The most admirable account 

 of the bird ever written is contained in the Nuttall Club's Bulletin, 

 Volume II, pp. 102-106 ; it is by Mr. William Brewster, and I am 

 able to add nothing essential from personal experience : 



\Miile collecting near St. Mary's [Florida], April 18, I was in the act of 

 shooting a female, when I noticed that she was gathering material for build- 

 ing, and, tracing her flight, I was fortunate enough to discover her half com- 

 pleted nest. Visiting the spot at frequent intervals, I invariably found both 

 birds feeding among the pines in the vicinity, although the nest, as far as I 

 could judge, seemed finished. At length, May 2, a friend, ascending the tree, 

 found the female sitting. She remained on the nest until he nearly touched 

 it, although the limb shook violently under his weight. When she did finally 

 leave it she sailed down into a smaller tree a few yards off, where she re- 

 mained a silent and seemingly unconcerned spectator of what followed. The 

 nest and its contents being safely lowered to the ground, I shot both the 

 female and her mate. The latter was singing, as usual, a short distance off. 



