66 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



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The Yellow-throated Warbler is a rather common winter visitant, 

 frequenting the tall trees, generally the pines. At Nassau it was 

 quite abundant in the " pine barrens." Its food consists principally 

 of small insects and larvae. It is possible that some few of these 

 birds remain in the Bahamas to breed, although none were observed 

 during the summer season. The nest of this species is exceeding- 

 rare, and only on one occasion have I had the good fortune to find 

 it breeding. The nest was taken April 28, near Jacksonville, Fla. 

 It was built in the middle of a clump of Spanish moss, suspended 

 from the end of a large branch about twenty feet from the ground, 

 and contained four eggs, which were quite fresh. The egg is of a 

 dull, bluish-white color, thickly dotted with fine brown spots around 

 the larger end. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. II. pi. 79. 



DENDRCECA KIRTLANDI. Band. 

 Kiktland's Warbler. 



Winter Plumage, Female. — Above, bluish ash ; the feathers of 

 the crown with a narrow, those of the middle of the back with a 

 broad streak of dark brown ; a narrow semicircular ring of black 

 surrounds the eye, touching its anterior part ; eyelids, white ; under 

 parts, yellow; throat and breast with small spots, and sides of the 

 body with short streaks of black ; greater and middle wing-coverts. 



