BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. 
662. Dendroica fusca. 5% inches. 
Male, black above with large white patch on wing, 
and bases of outer tail feathers white; throat and 
breast intense orange; female, duller and with the 
orange replaced by dull yellow. 
Without exception, this is the most exquisite of the 
whole family; it is the most eagerly sought bird by 
bird lovers, in the spring. Some years they are very 
abundant, while others few are seen, their routes of 
migration evidently varying. They arrive about the 
time that apple trees are in bloom, and are frequently 
seen among the blossoms, dashing after insects. 
Song.—A high-pitched lisping ‘ ‘“ZWe-ZWe-ZWe-see-ee-ee, ”’ 
ending in a thin, wiry tone, almost a hiss; it is very 
distinct from the song of any other bird. 
Nest.—In coniferous trees at any height from the 
ground; of shreds of bark, fine cedar twigs, rootlets, 
etc.; eggs greenish white blotehed with brown. 
Range.—Kastern N. A., breeding from Massachusetts 
(varely) and Minnesota northward; winters in Central 
America, 
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