362 NESTS AND EGGS OF 



645. Helminthophila ruficapilla (Wils.) [85, /ar/.] 



Nashville IVarbler. 



Hab. Eastern North America to the Great Plains, north to the Fur Countries, south in winter to 

 Eastern Mexico and Guatemala. 



The Nashville Warbler breeds from the Northern United States 

 northward to Hudson Bay and interior British America. Throughout 

 New England it is a common summer resident, breeding in any suit- 

 able locality in the latter part of May and in June. At this season it 

 may also be found in Michigan, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, etc. 

 The nest is placed on the ground and is composed of leaves, bark 

 strips, sometimes almost entirely of pine needles, the lining being 

 finer material of the same with grasses and hair. Often the nest is 

 imbedded in the ground flush with the surface, and it is usually hidden 

 under a tussock of grass. The ground color of the eggs varies from 

 white to creamy-white, and are speckled with minute dots over the 

 surface, but chiefly at the larger end with reddish-brown, hazel and lilac. 

 Six sets of this bird's eggs are in Mr. Norris' cabinet. One of five, 

 taken by "J. M. W." (Mr. C. L. Rawson) near Preston, Connecticut, June 

 6, 1882, are very small for eggs of the Nashville Warbler; they 

 measure .56 x .45, .56 x .46, .56 x .46, .57 x .46, .57 x .47. A set of three 

 collected near Hudson, Massachusetts, May 30, 1886, measures .65 x .49, 

 .64 X .49, .64 X .50, respectively. The third, consisting of four eggs, was 

 taken May 30, 1887, near Detroit, Michigan; their sizes are .60X.50, 

 .61 X .49, .62 X .49, .62 X .48. Three other sets in the same cabinet show 

 a considerable variation. 



646. Helminthopliila celata (Say.) [86] 



Orauge-cro^irned Warliler. 



Hab. Northern North America, breeding in high latitudes, as in the Yukon and Mackenzie River 

 regions, southward into the Rocky Mountains. Winters in the South Atlantic and Gulf States and eastern 

 Mexico, rare in the Northeastern States. 



As mentioned in the above habitat the Orange-crowned Warbler 

 breeds north of the United States. Its nests and eggs were found by 

 Mr. Kennicott, in the middle of June, in the vicinity of Great Slave 

 Lake. They were generally built on the ground among clumps of 

 bushes, often in the side of a bank, and usually hidden by the dry 

 leaves among which they were placed. They were large for the size 

 of the bird, and were composed almost entirely of long, coarse strips of 

 bark, loosely interwoven with a few dry grasses and plant stems. 

 They were warmly lined with hair and fur of small animals. The 

 bird was found breeding near Fort Resolution on the Yukon, at Fort 

 Rae, and at Fort Anderson. The eggs are white or creamy-white, 

 finely speckled, chiefly on the larger end, with reddish or chestnut- 

 brown; average size .64 x .46. 



