132 Bird Studies. 



This Warbler is about the size of the Tennessee Warbler, is olive green 



with a suggestion of grayish suffusion on the upper parts. Its distinctive 



Ora e-p rrowned ^'^•'^3 are a more or less concealed croivn patch of broivn- 



Warbler. ''^'^^ orange, and a yellow eye ring. The lower parts are 



H<:iminthophiiaceiata(Say), grecnish ycllow, grayer on the sides and flanks, and with 

 an obscure striping of dusky olive, most marked on the breast. The feathers 

 below the tail are yellow. The sexes are alike. The immature birds lack 

 the crown patch, are more suffused with grayish, both above and below, and 

 have the same obscure breast stripes and yellow coloring on the feathers 

 beneath the tail. 



The nest is of leaves and plant fibres, built on the ground or near it, and 

 the eggs, about the same size as those of the Tennessee Warbler, are white, 

 speckled especially at the larger end with reddish brown. 



The birds are found during their migration throughout Eastern North 

 America, but are rare east of the Alleghanies north of Virginia. They breed 

 in British Columbia and northward, and winter in Florida, the other Gulf 

 States, and Mexico. 



The Nashville Warbler is smaller than either the Orange-crowned or 

 Tennessee Warbler, being about four inches and three quarters in length. 



Nashville Warbler. ^'^^ ^^^^ ^"^ ^""''P ^^^ similar in color, bright olive green, 

 Heiminthophiia rubricapiua aud the top and sides of the head are grayish blue with a 

 ' ' ^'^ more or less concealed crown patch of deep chestmit. The 



lower parts are pure gamboge yellow, becoming lighter or almost white on 

 the belly. The feathers below the tail are yellow like the throat and breast. 

 The sexes are similar, though the lower parts are often not as bright in the 

 females. I mmature birds lack the bluish gray of the head and the crown patch, 

 being olive green with a brownish suffusion above. The sides of the head 

 are grayish, and there is a white ring around the eye. The yellow of the 

 under parts is brightest on the throat and breast, the sides are much suffused 

 with brownish, and the feathers under the tail are yellow. 



The nest is built on the ground in sparse woods. It is made of plant 

 fibres and mosses, and lined with fine grasses, plant fibres, and roots. The 

 four or five eggs are white with profuse speckling of reddish brown, mainly 

 about the larger end. They are nearly the same size as those of the Orange- 

 crowned Warbler. 



The birds are found durino- their mis^rations throuijhout Eastern North 



