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AUDUBON'S WARBLER.. 



A.. O. \/. JVo. 656. iT>endroica auduboni.) 



RANGE. 



The Pacific slope west of the Rock)- Mountains, from British Columbia 

 south to Central America. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Length, 5.25 inches; extent, 9 inches; tail, 2.25 inches. Bill and feet 

 black. Eye brown. 



Male. — Entire upper parts including head and neck, bluish ash, streaked 

 with black. Cheek dark gray. Chin, throat, rump, middle of crown, and 

 patch on sides of breast, yellow. A white streak extends from eye to 

 back of head, also a white spot on lower eyelid. Wings black, the coverts 

 broadly edged with white on outer edge, forming a large white patch on 

 the wing. Upper tail coverts gray, the feathers having black centers. 

 Tail black, the five outer feathers having white spots on the inner webs, 

 varying in size from small on the inner feathers to large on the outside 

 ones. Breast, black, this color extending down the sides in streaks. Be- 

 neath white. 



Female. — Similar to the male with duller markings and brown back. 

 NEST AND EGGS. 



This Warbler builds a neat nest of fine strips of bark, roots and grasses, 

 lined with fibrous down, horse hair and feathers. This nest is placed 

 either in the forks of willows or on the outer branches of firs, ranging in 

 height from three to thirty feet. 



The eggs are laid in June, they are four or five in number, of a grayish 

 white color, specked with black and reddish brown, chiefly at the larger 

 end. 



