360 NESTS AND EGGS OF 



inches above the ground and hidden by tall grass or a cluster of small oak 

 sprouts or vines. The materials used in the construction of the nests 

 were dry leaves, strips of wild grape bark, becoming finer towards 

 the inner partj the lining is of very fine grass. 



The eggs are four or five in number, white, faintly and sparsely speck- 

 led with burnt umber and seal brown. A set of five eggs in Mr. Norris' 

 collection, taken by Mr. Reifi", May 28, 1887, in Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, exhibits the following measurements : .70 x .50, .69 x .52, ,67 x .51, 

 .68 X .51, .67 X .52 ; another of four taken in Montgomery county, Penn- 

 sylvania, June 16, 1887, measures respectively, ,60 x .51, .64 x .52, .60 

 X .50, .63 X .51. 



642. HelminthopMla chrysoptera (Linn.) [81.] 



Golden-'wiiiged Warbler. 



Hab. Eastern United States and British Provinces; in winter south to Cuba, Eastern Mexico and 

 Central America. 



The breeding range of this handsome Warbler is about the same 

 as that of the last, but it seems not to extend its range so far west in 

 the summer months. It has been found nesting in Georgia, North and 

 South Carolina, and as far north as Southern New England. Breeds in 

 Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan and is a rather common summer 

 resident of Ohio. Mr. O. C. Poling found the Blue Golden-winged Warbler 

 breeding in limited numbers in the bottom lands of Western Illinois, 

 along the Mississippi River. The birds seem to prefer low land cov- 

 ered with long grass with here and there a bush or grove of trees. 

 Swampy lands that skirt small woods are its favorite resorts in Central 

 Ohio. The nest is built on or near the ground under tussocks of grass 

 or bushes. All the nests found by Mr. Poling were placed above the 

 ground. The composition consists of leaves, vegetable roots, sedges, 

 and fine strips of bark, lined with fine grasses — on the whole the sit- 

 uation and st^de of the nest is like that of the Maryland Yellow- 

 throat. 



The eggs, four to six in number are white, speckled with burnt 

 umber, chestnut and lilac-gray. Four sets in Mr. Norris' cabinet ex- 

 hibit the following sizes : one of four from Monroe county, Michigan, 

 taken May 17, 1880, .60 x .48, .60 x .49, .58 x .49, .60 x .49; another 

 from the same locality collected May 21, 1886, .65 x .49, .63 x .52, .63 

 X .51, .63 X .52 ; a set of five taken near Detroit, Michigan, May 30, 

 1887, .65 X .50, .64 X .49, .65 X .50, .64 X .50, .64 X .49 ; the fourth from 

 Adams county, Illinois, taken May 27, consists of five eggs. These 

 measure .68 x .54, .74 x .51, .67 x .54, .66 x .52, .72 x .51. 



