SUMMER GROUP BLACK LIST 3 1 



39. INDIGO-BIRD. 



Indigo-blue and blackish. 



5>^. Blue most intense on head ; wings and tail, blackish ; 



$ brown above, lighter below, slightly streaked. 



Breeds throughout, rarer north of Mass.; nest, rather large, in 

 bush ; eggs, last of May, 4-5, white or blue-tinged, rarely marked. 



t t Nos. 40-55 : Above arid below not tiniforvi. 

 * Nos. 40-44 : JVif/i head black-striped. 



40. RED-EYED VIREO. 



Olive-green White. 



6-6}4' Crown, ashy, edged with black stripe ; whitish su- 

 perciliary line ; dark eye-stripe ; red eye ; below, sides 

 yellow-shaded. 



Nest, pensile, often showing pine-needles, pieces of paper and of 

 wasp's nest ; eggs, about June ist, 3-5, pure white, red-tinged and 

 spotted at larger end ; a bright song throughout summer in woods. 



41. OVEN-BIRD: GOLDEN-CROWNED THRUSH. 



Rich olive White, dark-spotted. 



5>^-6X- Crown, buff-orange, bordered with black; 

 throat, white ; breast, blackish-spotted. 



Nest, on ground, of leaves and grasses, lined with hair, roofed 

 over ; eggs, about June ist, 4-6, cream-white, marked ; walks on 

 ground. 



42. WORM-EATING WARBLER. 



Greenish-olive Buff. 



5>^. Head, buff, and with 4 black stripes, 2 bordering 

 crown, 2 through eyes ; rear, whitish. 



North rarely to Conn. , in N. J, chiefly in southern part ; nest, on 

 ground ; eggs, 4-5, pure white, finely spotted. 



