PERCHING BIRDS 



663. YELLOW-THRAOTED WARBLER. Den- 

 droica dominica dominica. 



Range. South Atlantic and Gulf States, north 

 to Virginia and casually farther; winters in Flor- 

 ida and the West Indies. 



This species has gray upper parts with two 

 white wing bars, the throat, breast and superciliary 

 line are yellow, and the lores, 

 cheeks and streaks on the sides 

 are black. These birds nest abun- 

 dantly in the South Atlantic States, \ 

 usually in pines, and either on hori- 

 zontal limbs or in bunches of Span- ^ reen j sh white 

 ish moss. The 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 red- 

 dish 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. 



663a. SYCAMORE WARBLER. 

 inica albilora. 



Dendroica dom- 



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 usually white. Their 

 nesting habits are precisely like those of the 

 last, and the nests are usually on horizontal 

 branches of sycamores; the eggs cannot be dis- 

 tinguished from those of the Yellow-throated 

 Warbler. 



Yellow-throated Warblers 

 Grace's Warblers 



664. GRACE'S WARBLER. Dendroica gracice. 



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 



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