70 YELI.OW'TimOATED WARBLER, 



Nests and Eggs. Nests, placed in trees, sometimes on the limb of a pine, 

 or occasionally concealed in a streamer of " Spanish moss "' ( Tillanihia tisrte- 

 oides), composed of fine grassies, pine needles, etc. Eggs, four, grayish white, 

 Avith a ring of lilac, sepia and black spots around the large end. Dimensions, 

 .70 by .o2. 



Fig. 38. 



Spots on the tail feathers of the Yellow-throated Warbler : A, first, B, secOnd. 



Gexekal Hat3ITS. The Yellow-throated Wai'l)ler is not 

 nil iineommon 1 ird in the south in spring* and smnmer, fre- 

 quenting- alike the pine woods and hammocks, associating Avith 

 the Pine and other warblers. 1 lindthat my earlier impression 

 of the species Avas that it resembled the Black and AVhite 

 Creeper somcAvhat, moving about on the trunks and along the 

 branches of the trees much like this species. Later notes, Iioaa^- 

 evei", inform me that I \vA\e found it in tree tops, behaA'ing 

 (juite like the majority of Avarblers. As a rule it is not a shy 

 bird and, for a species Avhich usually liA^es in the Avilder sections, 

 sometimes eA'inces rather unexpected social habits. In De- 

 cember, 1868, I saAv one creeping oyqy the roof of a house at 

 J )uinmett*s. East Florida ; in March, 1884, I saAA' one on the 

 stone steps of the goAerninent house, in Xassau, Bahamas, 

 and one came ca ery day in February, 1888, for a aa eek or more, 

 to feed on a mango tree that grew in the yard of my house 

 at Kingston, Jamaica. 



MiGEATiox AND Bkeeding Kange. I liaA'c ahvays 

 found this species in Florida in Avinter, although ncA^er in an}^ 

 great numbers, even as far south as Key West, where I obtain- 

 ed a single specimen Jan. 8, i884. I found them rather uncom- 

 mon in the Bahamas during the same winter but have ncA-er 

 found them there since. As recorded I found one in Jamaica 

 in February, iS88. They become more common in Florida 



