I20 Bird Studies. 



The nest is built in pines, cedars, or other evergreens, usually more than 

 twenty-five feet above the ground. It is made of bark and other vegetable 

 fibre. The eegfs are about seven tenths of an inch longf and rather more than 

 half an inch in width. They vary from three to five in number, are white 

 with reddish brown and umber dots and markings, which are frequently 

 grouped in a wreath or circle about the larger end. 



This is a very rare bird in the United States, a dozen or more individuals 

 having been secured during the periods of migration. These have been re- 

 corded from South Carolina, Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, 

 Kirtland's Warbler, jyijchigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and ^Minnesota. Its sum- 



Dendroica kirtlandi Baird. , *^ , . i i i* 



mer habitat and breedmg economy are unknown. It has 

 been observed as not uncommon in the Bahama Islands in winter. It is a 

 large Warbler, about six inches long. The upper parts are bluish gray, the 

 back streaked with black. The region in front of the eye and a narrow band 

 on the forehead are black. The under parts are pale yellow, becoming almost 

 white on the throat and feathers below the tail. The sides are streaked with 

 black. The female resembles the male but is duller throughout. 



This is a bird resembling in a general way the Black-throated Green 



-T- J. Warbler, but with more black on and about the head. 



Townsend s ' at i a • 



Warbler ^^ '^ ^ resident of Western North America and has 



Dendroica townsendi beeu recordcd once as of accidental occurrence in 



(Towns.). T> , 



rennsylvania. 



The Black-throated Green Warbler is one of the commoner migrants 



throughout Eastern North America. It breeds from Connecticut north 



Black-throated ^'^ Hudson's Bay, and on the more elevated parts of the 



Green Warbler. Alleghany range, south to South Carolina. It winters in 



Dendroica virens (Gmei.). f^g Wcst Indics aud Tropical America. 



The male is rather more than five inches long, is clear olive green above, 

 marked in some individuals with black spots on the back. The cheeks and a 

 line over the eye are bright yellow, the throat and breast black. The belly is 

 white, often with a suffusion of pale yellow, and the sides are streaked with 

 black. There are two white wing bars, and there is much white on the inner 



