NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS EGGS. 291 



642. Golden-winged Warbler. Helminthophila chrysoptera. 

 Range. Eastern United States, breeding north to the southern 



parts of the British Provinces, winters south of the United 

 States. 



This is a very handsome species with black throat and ear 

 patches, and yellow crown and wing bars, the upper parts being 

 gray and the lower white. They frequent low fields or hillsides I White.) 

 where they nest among weeds or vines, making the nest of strips of bark, 

 grasses and fibres, and locating it close to the ground in clumps of weeds, low 

 bushes or briers. The three to five eggs are white with a very great diversity 

 of markings, either heavily or minutely spotted or wreathed with chestnut and 

 gray. Size .62 x .50. Data. Petersburg, Mich., May 14, 1887. Nest placed 

 near the ground in a bunch of briers and weeds; made of strips of bark and 

 weeds. Collector, Jerome Trombley. 



643. Lucy Warbler. Helminthophila lucive. 



Range. Western Mexico, north commonly to Arizona and 

 casually to southern Utah. 



This small gray and white Warbler is especially distinguished 



by a chestnut rump and patch in center of the crown. Besides 



nesting in forks of low bushes, this species is said to place the 



domiciles in almost any crevice or nook that suits their fancy, 



[White.l such as loose bark on tree trunks, holes in trees, or other birds 



nests. The eggs which are usually laid during May are white, sparingly 



specked and wreathed with reddish brown. Size .60 x .50. 



644. Virginia Warbler. Helminthophila Virginia?. 



Range. Western Mexico, north to Arizona and New Mexico, and also less 

 commonly to Colorado. 



This species is similar to the last but has the rump and a 

 patch on the breast, yellow. They are found quite abundantly 

 in some localities, usually on mountain ranges, nesting in 

 hollows on the ground beside rocks, stumps or in crevices among 

 the rocks; the nests are made of fine strips of bark and grasses, 

 skillfully woven together, and the three to five eggs are pure [White.] 

 white, specked and wreathed with reddish brown. Size .62 x. 50. 

 Data. Estes Park, Colo., June 20, 1880. Nest sunken in the ground and well 

 hidden under a rocky ledge. Collector, W. G. Smith. 



645. Nashville Warbler. Helminthophila rubricapilla. 



,^BH^ Range. North America east of the Plains, breeding from New 



York and Illinois north to Hudson Bay and Labrador; winters 

 south of our borders. 



This small species is yellow below and greenish above, with 

 an ashy gray head and neck, enclosing a chestnut crown patch. 

 [White.] They breed abundantly in New England, usually on side hills 

 covered with clumps of young pines, the nests being placed flush with tin- 

 surface of the ground and usually covered with overhanging grass; they are 

 made of grasses and pine needles, the eggs are white, finely specked with bright 

 reddish brown. Size .60 x .45. Data. Worcester, Mass., June 23, 1895. Nest 

 of pine needles and grasses in hollow in the moss on a scrubby pine hillside. 

 Collector, C. A. Reed. 



645a. Calaveras Warbler. H. r. gutturalis. 



Range. Western United States, breeding on ranges from California and 

 Idaho north to British Columbia; winters in Mexico. 



A slightly brighter colored form of the last species. Their habits are the 

 same and the eggs cannot be distinguished from those of the eastern bird. 



