NESTS AND EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



lined with hairs and vegetable fibres. Mr. L. C. Holmes, of Standish, 

 Me., writes me that he has found several nests of this bird, but all were 



placed in low scrubby firs. Hab. Eastern United States. 



111. Pine-creeping Warbler — dendrceca pinus. Pinkish- white, with 

 subdued tintings of the shade of purple, on this are distributed dots and 

 blotches of dark purplish-brown, and with lines of almost black; four 

 eggs is the common number laid and average .70 by .52. This bird breeds 

 all along the Atlantic coast of United States, at least as far south as the 

 Carolinas, and is said to breed throughout its United States range. It is, 

 however, seldom found in any other than evergreen woods, even when not 

 breeding, and the nest is almost always placed in pine or cedar trees, from 

 fifteen to fifty feet from the ground. The nidification of the Pine-creeper 

 is described as essentially like that of the Black-throated Green Warbler. 



Hab. Eastern Province of North America, north to Canada and New Brunswick, west to Missouri 

 and Kansas, 



llSa. Yellow Red-poll Warbler — dendrceca palmarum hypochrysea. 

 Yellowish-white, or white with a roseate tinge, with a blending of blotches 

 of purple, lilac and reddish-brown, chiefly about the larger end; usually 

 four in number and measure .62 by .51. This bird breeds in Eastern 

 North America from northern New England north to Hudson's Bay. The 

 nest is usually placed on the ground, composed of stalks of weeds, grasses, 

 and hairs, lined with fine roots and pine leaves. The site chosen for the 

 nest is said to be usually on the edge of a swampy thicket. 



Hab. Atlantic U. S., from East Florida to Nova Scotia. 



114. Prairie Warbler — dendrceca discolor. White, spotted with 

 lilac, purple and umber-brown of different shades, mostly wreathing about 

 the larger end ; three to six in number, size .65 by .50. The Prairie 

 Warbler is somewhat irregularly distributed through the eastern portion of 

 United States, from Massachusetts to Georgia, during the breeding sea- 

 son. The nest is usually placed in a barberry bush, sometimes in a hazel. 

 It is a closely- woven structure formed of weeds, strips of bark ; internally 

 of soft yellow down of some wild plant, and lined with fine dry grasses. 



Hab. Atlantic region of U. S., north to Massachusetts, west to Kansas. West Indies. 



115. Golden-crowned Thrush — siurus auricapillus. Creamy-white, 

 marked with dots and blotches of red and reddish-brown, chiefly at the 

 larger end ; the number of eggs is usually four, sometimes five and as 

 many as six have been found; they vary in size from .80 to .90 in length 

 by .60 to .70 in breadth. The Oven Bird, as it is also called, is found 

 during the breeding season throughout eastern United States north to 

 Hudson's Bay. The typical nest of this bird is remarkable for its being 

 roofed over like an oven, having an entrance on the side; it is not, how- 



