AMERiCAX WAEBLERS. 



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YorxG. ]SIuch more gray than the adults on the upper surface and 

 the yellow beneath is creamy and shows slight dusky streakings on the 

 throat and chest. I'^here are slight whitish wing bands, there is a trace 

 of orange on crown or this may be absent. 



Nestlings. Grayer than in the young, tinged with rusty on rump 

 and upper tail coverts and witli buf¥y below. There are also buffy wing 

 bars. No traces of an orange crown. 



Fig. 41. 



Head aarl second tail feather of Bliis-wingacl Warbloi'. 



Length 4.95 ; stretch 7.88 ; wing 2.5( 



till >.oo ; bill 



DiMEXSIOVS. 



v44 ; tarsus .7o. 



Comparisons. Readily distinguished from all other members of the 

 genus by the uniform grayish timings above, without any decided bluish 

 head, and absence of clear yellow beneath, and from other warblers by the 

 p^ain colors. 



Nests and Eggs. Nests placed on the ground, composed of grasses, 

 strips of bark, and plant stems, lined with fine grasses, hair, and fur. 

 Eggs four to six, oval, white or creamy-white, finely spotted, cliiefly around 

 the larger end, with reddish brown and lilac. Dimensions, .64 by .46. 



General Habits. The Orange-crowned Warblers are 

 not uncommon in Florida in winter, frequenting alike the low 

 ■scrub and higher trees of the hammocks. I have even seen 

 them in the shade trees of the city of Jacksonville. I once 

 ■saw one in low oak woods, at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 

 They are lively little birds, and differ from most members of 

 this genus in keeping well in concealment. 



Breeding Haeits. This bird breeds in the far north. 

 It is said to place its nest on the ground among bushes, con- 

 cealed among dry leaves. 



