282 Birds of Xorth Carolina 



June, 1897, both from lU'sts hidden in hunehes of Usiirn at heights of five and ten 

 feet respectively. Both nests were Hned with feathers and hair. A nest was taken 

 by MeLaughhn in Iredell County on May 11, 1887, and Cairns reported the species 

 breeding in Buncombe County in May and June, the nests averaging about twenty- 

 five feet from the ground. 



Fia. 227. Pakii.a Wakulkk. 



The eggs number three to five, pure white, and are speckled around the larger 

 end with reddish brown and lilac. Size .65 x .48. 



This s])eeies is one of the smallest and most dainty of our warblers, and in sum- 

 mer is a familiar feature of our damp lowland woods. In August and .September 

 it is to be seen migrating in great n\unbers in upland woods. 



283. Compsothlypis americana usneae {Brewst.). NoRTHEnx Parul.\ 



A\'AIUiLEH. 



Description. — Simil.ir to proceding, the clit'st darker :ind more conspicuously niarkcd; the bill 

 avoraKing somewhat shorter. 



lidiKir. — This is the Northern :in<l Mississippi Valley form of the species. 



Rniiijc ill North Carolina. — So far, oidy known from Raleigh, as a spring migrant. 



Years ago C. S. Brimley took a single spring specimcu of this Form of the I'arula 

 Warhler at Raleigh. The heavy markings on the l)reast were very iironnunccd. 



Genus Dendroica (Gray) 



This, the largest and most important genus of the warblers, contains nineteen 

 species and sui)species that are found in the eastern United States. .Ml but one 

 of these are known to occiu- in North Carolina. 



KEY TO .Sl'ECIES 



1. Tail-feathers edged with yelhiw: plnmage ehieflv yi'Uow. Ytllow Warbler. 



1. Tail-featliers, at" least the outer imes, lilotehed witli white. See 2. 



2. .\ white blotch on the primaries at their bases; no wing-bars. See 3. 



2. Xo white l)lotch on the priniaries. See 4. 



3. .Mide with considerable black on up!)erpiirts. Cairn's Warhler. 



3. Male with little or no black on upperparts. Black-throated liliie Warbler. 



4. Wing-bars not white. See 5. 



