THE CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER. 149 
Nest, made of bark-strips, grasses and plant-down, and lined with hair; 
placed two to ten feet high in bush or sapling. Eggs, 4 or 5, white or creamy 
white, speckled with rufous or chestnut, chiefly near larger end. Av. size, .68 x .50 
(Gi7eR exseee 7) 
General Range.—Eastern United States and southern Ontario, west to Mani- 
toba and the Plains, breeding southward to central Illinois, and northern New 
Jersey, and in the Appalachian highlands probably to southern Georgia. Visits 
the Bahamas, eastern Mexico, Central America and Panama in winter. 
Range in Ohio.—Regular and common spring and fall migrant. Rare sum- 
mer resident in northern portion of state. 
IT is not easy for me to tell why the Chestnut-sided Warbler impresses 
me as an exquisite. Perhaps it is on account of his small size and close-knit 
form, or his willingness to have me approach within speaking distance. His 
colors are not so bright, nor their pattern in either the contrast or harmony 
Taken near Columbus. ; eR Photo by the Author. 
AN OFT FREQUENTED GROVE. 
that may be found with other warblers, but there seems to be something about 
the bird which makes the day brighter, the wearing field-work easier, and the 
hours of fasting forgotten when he flits into view. I have sometimes half 
suspected that he was conscious of my admiration from the manner in which 
he displayed his pretty color and trim form. The slightly opened wings, 
spread tail, and quick movements give a pleasing appearance. ‘The females 
and fall birds lack the distinct contrasts of color found in the spring males, 
but they usually have some trace of the chestnut on the sides. 
In village and city parks this little warbler may be found well up 
among the tree-tops, gleaning from the new leaves the insect eggs and larvze, 
but in the woods he prefers a lower range. I have found him among the 
