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The nest is said to be built high up in trees in decichious woods, and to be a com- 

 pact, cup-shaped structure. The eggs are white, speckled mth brown, and measure 

 .69 X .53. From the above record of Wayne it would appear that the eggs were 

 laid near ]\Iorganton in early May. 



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Fig. 231. Cerule.\n W.^kbler. 



291. Dendroica pennsylvanica {Linn.). Chestnut-sided Warbler. 



Description. — Blacki.sh above, much streaked with whitish ohve; crown clear yellow; black 

 patch about eye; pui-e white below, a line of bright chestnut streaks along sides; wing-p,atch 

 yellowish, never clear white. Females much duller; fall liirds bright j^eUowish green above and 

 white below, with little or no chestnut on side except in tlie adult male. Extreme measurements 

 of 21 specimens from Raleigh and Weaverville; L., 4.S5-.5.20; W., 2.25-2.62; T., 1.75-2.00. 



Range. — Eastern North Amei'ica, breeding rather northerlj-, except in the mountains. Winters 

 in Mexico and Central America. 



Range in North Carolina. — Transient in the central part of the State, but summer visitor in the 

 mountains, where it breeds above 2,000 feet. 



Fig. 232. Chestnut-sided WarbTjEk. 



The Chestnut-sided AVarbler is a rare spring and rather common fall transient 

 in central North Carolina, where it has been ob.served from April 27 to May 15 

 in the spring, and from August 17 to October 12 in autumn. 



In the mountains it is common in summer between 2,000 and 4,000 feet of eleva- 

 tion, the earliest spring arrival being noted on April 21, and the latest departure 

 in fall on September 22. C. S. Brimley took a female just ready to lay, close by 



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