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Birds of Xorth Carolina 



situations it builds its nost, often at tlic foot of sonic small tree, or by the side of 

 a log. It is constructed of leaves and grasses, and given a lining of finer materials. 

 The eggs are four or five in number and are deposited in April or May. They are 

 white, speckled with hazel or cinnamon rufous, and often also with lilac or lavender 

 gray. Size .70 x ..52. 



Flo. 220. Bl.ACK-ANIi-WniTK Waiihi.kr, 



Till' (inly nest C 8. I')rimlry ever found at lialcigh was on a sloping hillside, and 

 was tucked in tmder the pine straw at the i)ase of two small pines standing close 

 together. The same ol)server also found a nest at Andrews, which was on almost 

 level ground at the end of a prostrate log. Pearson discovered a nest under an 

 exposed root on a wooded hillside, in May, IS'.Ki, at ( luilfonl College. It contained 

 three newly hatched young. 



In hal)its this species resenil:>Ies a nuthatcii rather more than a warbler, as it 

 keeps continually running up and down the trunks or along tlie liinb.< of trees hi a 

 manner not milike that of tlie White-lireasted Nuthatch. 



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Genus Protonotaria Baird) 

 273. Protonotaria citrea {Bodd.}. Protiionot.vhv Wahbler. 



Dcscrii)li(}ii. lli-.id, iii'ck. and undcrpiirts, except Idwit tail-coverts, rich oniiiKe yellow, 

 lighter on the belly; back olive-gi-een: wings and tail bluish gray; lower tail-eoverts white. Female 

 similar, but with the toj) of head olive-green instead ol" yellow. Kxtremo niea.snrements of 17 

 specimens from Wake, Bertie, and ('ra\en counties: L., .■).:'5.') .").7.'); \\., 'J.dlVS.OI); '1'., l.ti.'ry^.tM). 



Raiuje. — .Mi.ssi.ssippi \alley and .•ioutlieastern ."states, ranging in the ea.st to southern Virginia. 

 Winters in tlie West Indies, Central and South .Vmerica. 



Range in North Caruliiui. — Lower .\ustral region of State, from Raleigh eastward, in summer. 



