298 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS EGGS. 



663. Yellow-throated Warbler. Dendroica dominica. 



Range. South Atlantic and Gulf States, north to Virginia and casually farther; 

 winters in Florida and the West Indies. 



This species has gray upper parts with two white wing bars, the 

 ' ' x throat, breast and superciliary line are yellow, and the lores, 

 cheeks and streaks on the sides are black. These birds nest 

 abundantly in the South Atlantic States, usually in pines, and 

 ^^^ either on horizontal limbs or in bunches of Spanish moss. The 



Greenish white nests are made of slender pieces of twigs, rootlets and strips of 

 bark, and lined with either hair or feathers, the eggs are three to 

 .five in number, pale greenish white, specked about the large end with reddish 

 brown and gray. Size .70 x .50. Data. Raleigh, N. C., May 3, 1890. Nest 43 

 feet up on limb of pine; made of grasses and hair. Collector, C. S. Brimley. 



663a. Sycamore Warbler. D. d. albilora. 



Range. Mississippi Valley, breeding north to Ohio and Illinois, and west to 

 Kansas and Texas; winters south of the United States. 



This bird is precisely like the last except that the superciliary stripe is usual- 

 ly white. Their nesting habits are precisely like those of the last, and the nests 

 are usually on horizontal branches of sycamores; theeggs cannot be distinguish- 

 ed from those of the Yellow-throated Warblear 



664. Grace Warbler. Dendroica gracise. 



Range. Southwestern United States, abundant in Arizona and New Mexico, 

 This Warbler is similar in markings and colors to the Yellow- -.- 



throated variety except that the cheeks are gray instead of black. 

 The nesting habits of the two species are the same, these birds 

 building high in coniferous trees; the nests are made of rootlets 

 and bark shreds, lined with hair or feathers; the eggs are white, 

 dotted with reddish brown and lilac. Size .68 x .48. [White.] 



665. Black-throated Gray Warbler. Dendroica nigrescens. 



Range. United States from the Rockies to the Pacific coast and north to 

 British Columbia; winters south of our borders. 



^aM^h^ The general color of this species is grayish above and white 



below as is a superciliary line and stripe down the side of the 

 throat; the crown, cheeks and throat are black and there is a 

 yellow spot in front of the eye. They inhabit woodland and 

 thickets and are common in such localities from Arizona to Ore- 

 [Greenish white ]& on > nesting usually at low elevations in bushes or shrubs; the 

 ' nests are made of grasses and fibres, woven together, and lined 

 with hair or fine grasses, resembling, slightly, nests of the Yellow Warbler. 

 The eggs are white or greenish white, specked with reddish brown and umber. 

 Size .65 x .52. Data. Waldo, Oregon, June 1, 1901. Nest 3 feet from the ground 

 in a small oak in valley. Collector, C. W. Bowles. (Crandall collection.) 



666. Golden-cheeked Warbler. Dendroica chrysoparia. 

 Range. Central and southern Texas south to Central America. 

 This beautiful and rare species is entirely black above and on 



the throat, enclosing a large bright yellow patch about the eye 



and a small one on the crown. In their very restricted United 



States range, the birds are met with in cedar timber where they 



nest at low elevations in the upright forks of young trees of this 



variety. Their nests are made of strips of cedar bark, interwoyen 



with plant fibres and spider webs making compact nests, which 



they line with hair and feathers. Their three or four eggs are white, dotted and 



specked with reddish brown and umber. Size .75 x .55. 



