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State, where, however, some were shot from (blossoming ?) 
apple-trees by Dr. Bryant, but he found them common at 
Umbagog, Maine, where they spent their time in the tops of 
the taller evergreens. In northern New England they are 
summer-residents, but in the southern parts can hardly be con- 
sidered as other than very rare migrants. I have occasionally 
seen them in May, but only once in September, which is partly 
due to their frequenting so much the higher branches, where 
they are not easily detected. 
X. DENDRGECA Pe 
(A) astiva. (Summer) Yellow Bird.?® (Blue-eyed) Yellow 
Warbler. Golden Warbler. 
(In southern New England a very common summer-resident.) 
(a). About five inches long. Yellow with modifications. 
Breast, and even the back, streaked (often indistinctly) with 
orange-brown. Tail-feathers not blotched with white as in all 
other Dendrece. 
(b). I shall describe the nest at length, as it is essentially 
like those of several other species. It is composed outwardly 
of very fine grasses, interwoven with woolly or cottony mate- 
rials, which form a substantial wall. This is often covered 
with caterpillar’s silk, and is lined with wool, down from plants 
(particularly a dun-colored kind), horse-hairs, and rarely feath- 
ers. Nuttall aptly calls this structure ‘“‘ neat and durable.” It 
is to be found on cultivated grounds and in gardens, as well as 
in pastures and swamps, though even a different situation is 
sometimes chosen ; it is generally placed in a low bush, such as 
the barberry or currant-bush, but occasionally in the branches 
of a shade-tree at a considerable height above the ground. 
The eggs average °67 X ‘50 of an inch, and are usually 
either grayish-white, green-tinted, with spots and blotches of 
lilac (which is often obscure) and various browns chiefly about 
the larger end, ov (more rarely) white, with lilac (obscured) and 
sandy or yellowish-brown markings grouped principally about 
28 The Goldfinch (Chrysomitris tristris, §15, lV, A), is also called the Yellow Bird. 
