134 EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



purplish markings are permanent eliaracteristics ; .52 -|- .75 to 

 .55 _|_ .70. Nests placed on the grounrl, composed of grass, 

 bark, and mosses. Breeds in the northern interior, to Great 

 Slave Lake, in June, 



672a. Yellow Palm Warblee, Dendroica palrnarum 

 hypocliriima. Eggs and nests indistinguishable from those of 

 No. 672. Breeds from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, north 

 to Hudson's Bay, in June. 



673. Peairt:: Warblee, Dendroica discolor. Eggs, usually 

 4, sometimes 3 or 5, rarely 6, oval, white, spotted and blotched 

 with lilac, purple, and brown ; .45 -\- .65 to .48 + .68. Nests 

 placed in bushes, composed of flax-like fibres of plants, fine 

 strips of bark, lined with downy material and feathers. Breeds 

 in Eastern United States, west to the plains, from Michigan, 

 southward, in June. 



674. Oven Bird, Seiurus aurocapillus. (Type, Plate IX.) 

 Eggs, 5 or 6, oval, creamy white, spotted and blotched, usually 

 more thickly about the larger end, with reddish brown and 

 lilac, and these often form a crown around the larger end ; 

 .52 -j- .80 to .55 -|- .82. Nests placed on the ground, com- 

 posed of leaves, grass, usually globular. Breeds in Eastern 

 Noi-th America, from Kansas, Iowa, the Ohio Valley, and 

 Virginia, north to Hudson's Bay Territory and Alaska, in May 

 and June. 



675. Water Thrush, Seiurus noveboracensis. Eggs, 4 to 

 6, white, spotted and blotched, usually more thickly on the 

 larger end, where they often form a ring, with reddish brown, 

 purple, and lilac ; .65 -[- .81 to .69 -|- .87. The purplish and 

 lilac markings are quite characteristic. Nests placed on the 

 ground, composed of leaves and moss, lined with fine moss 

 and rootlets. Breeds in Eastei-n United States, but confined 

 to the Northern States north to Arctic America, in June. 



675a. Grin Nell's Water Thrush, Seiurus noveboracensis 

 notabilis. Eggs, probably indistinguishal)le from those of No. 

 675. Breeds in the United States, from Illinois west to Cali- 

 fornia, north into British America. 



