NESTS AND EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



by .49 to .52 in breadth. The nest is generally placed in low bushes, three 

 or four feet from the ground, sometimes in trees at heights ranging from 

 ten to forty feet, but the favorite places are in hedges and low shrubs. The 

 nest is neatly and compactly made of hempen fibres of plants, fine strips of 

 bark, slender stems of plants and leaves and down of willow catkins. It 

 is lined with soft, fine grasses, feathers, and other warm materials. The 

 Cow Bird makes the nest of this warbler a favorite receptacle for deposit- 

 ing her egg. It is often incorrectly called Yellow Wren. 



Hab. North America. 



94. Black-throated Blue Warbler — dendrceca c^rulescens. White, 

 with a ring of brown and lilac dots, and blotched at the larger end with 

 minute spots scattered over the entire surface; they are three to five in 

 number and measure .60 to .6y in length by .46 to .50 in width. This 

 beautiful Warbler has been found nesting in northern New York and Con- 

 necticut. In all cases the nest is placed in the fork of a small bush or tree 

 a few inches from the ground. It is composed of an interlacing of twigs, 

 weed-stalks, grasses, roots and grape-vine bark. 



Hab. Eastern United States, West Indies, 



95. Yellow-rump Warbler — dendrceca coronata. White, blotched 

 and spotted with different shades of brown and purplish ; the number of 

 eggs is usually four and average .68 by .50. The Myrtle Bird or Yellow- 

 crowned Warbler, as it is often called, breeds numerously in the forests of 

 Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont; placing the nest usually in low 

 spruce trees a few feet from the ground. It is a neat fabric made of hem- 

 lock twigs and lined with a few feathers. Breeds from northern New 



England northward. Hab. North America, but chiefly Eastern Province. 



96. Audubon's Warbler — dendrceca auduboni. Pinkish-white with 

 red markings chiefly about the larger end; they are said not to resemble 

 those of any dendnrca but are more like the eggs of the Hooded Warbler. 

 They measure .70 by .50. The nest is situated in small trees or shrubs, 

 placed in forked branches. It is compactly built of bark strips, dry leaves, 

 grasses, plant stocks, intermingled with finer grasses, feathers, mosses, 

 roots and a variety of other materials. It is warmly lined with fur. 

 Breeds northward and in all alpine regions. 



Hab. Western and Middle Provinces of United States, from the Rocky Mts. to the Pacific. 



97. Black-and-yellow Warbler — dendrceca maculosa. Creamy-white, 

 blotched sparingly over with large spots of lilac and umber, and wreathed 

 about the larger end with brown, clouded with lilac spots and blotches ; 

 usually four and sometimes five and measure from .62 to .65 by .46 to. 50. 

 This beautiful bird, commonly called Magnolia Warbler, has been found 

 breeding from western New York northward to Labrador. The nest is 



