KIRTLAND WARBLER. 
670. Dendroica kirtlandi. 51% inches. 
Above bluish gray streaked with black; underparts 
pale yellow streaked on the side with black. 
‘this is one of the rarest of American Warblers, and 
unti! 1903 but little was known of their habits or range; 
in that year they were discovered nesting in Oscoda 
County, Michigan. They were found near the banks of 
a river in Jack pines, building on the ground and remain- 
ing in the underbrush near it. 
Song.—Loud and clear and said to resemble that of 
the Maryland Yellow-throat. 
Nest.—In depressions in the ground at the foot of pine 
trees and probably also under bushes; made of strips of 
bark and vegetable fibres; eggs white, wreathed about 
the large end with brown ( 72x =X0)}) - 
Range.—Breeds in Michigan and migrates southeast 
through Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, the Caro- 
linas and Florida to the bahamas. 
