68 NESTS AND EGGS OF N. A. BIRDS. 



124. MYIODIOCTES MITRATUS. 



HOODED WARBLER. 



Habitat, whole Eastern Province, rather Southern, 

 The Hooded Warbler frequents thickets and undergrowth, and 

 like other members of the genus, is very active in capturing insects 

 on the wing in the manner of the true Flycatcher. 



The nest is placed in a bush or low tree, within a few feet from 

 the ground. It is composed of leaves, grasses, fine inner bark, 

 moss, and lined with fine grass and horse-hair. The eggs are 

 white, tinged with a flesh-color, spotted with reddish-brown chief- 

 ly at the larger end. They measure from .46 by .62 to .150 by .68. 



125. MYIODIOCTES PUSILLUS. 



BLACK-CAPPED YELLOW WARBLER. 



Little is known in regard to the breeding habits of this species. 

 It is quoted as breeding from Massachusetts northward. The 

 nest is built in bushes near the ground, and composed of 

 moss and small twigs, lined with vegetable fibres. The eggs are 

 white, sprinkled around the larger end with brownish-red and 

 lilac, and measure from .69 to .63 by from .45 to 49. 



125a. MYIODIOCTES PUSILLUS PILEOLATUS. 



PILEOLATED WARBLER. 



Habitat, Pacific Coast of North America. 



Mr. B. W. Evermann informs me that he found a nest of this spe- 

 cies near San Buenavenlura, Cal., May 23, 1881. It was situated 

 '•about one foot from the ground in a clump of blackberry bushes. 

 Nest was composed of dead leaves of the blackberry, very loosely 

 pat together, lined with fine strips of bark and a few horse-hairs." 

 Mr. Evermann states that the nest contained four eggs. 



The eggs are of a dull, whitish color, thickly freckled with rusty 

 brown chiefly at the larger end. 



126. MYIODIOCTES MINUTUS 



SMALL-HEADED FLYCATCHER. ** 



