yellow ; chin and throat to the breast 

 black ; wings and tail dusk}', the former 

 with two while l)ars, and the latter with 

 the three lateral feathers, marked with 

 white on tlieir inner webs; bill black; legs 

 and feet brownish. Female with the chin 

 yellow, and the throat blackish, tinged 

 with yellow. Length 5, spread 7|. — 

 JVutt. 



History. — This species, though rare, 

 probably breeds in this state. Mr. Nut- 

 tall found one of their nests inMassachu- 

 eetts, in June, ld3(). It was in a low, thick 

 and stunted Virginia juniper, and was 

 made of fibrous bark, and lined with feath- 

 ers, grass, and a few hairs. The eggs 

 were 4, whitish, sprinkled towards the 

 large end with brown and blackish. 



PINE CREEPING WARBLER. 

 Sylvia pinus. — Lath. 

 Sylvkolapinus. — Aud. Am. Birds, 11. — 37, pi. 89. 

 Description. — Male with the upper 

 parts 3'ellowish green, inclining to olive, 

 the rump brighter; streak over the eye ; 

 eye-lids, throat, breast and sides bright yel- 

 low, with a greenish tinge ; the rest of 

 the lower parts while ; wings and tail 

 blackisli brown ; secondary coverts and 

 first row of small coverts tipped with dull 

 white ; primaries edged with whitish, sec- 

 ondaries with brownish gray ; outer two 

 tail feathers with a patch of white on their 

 inner web near the end. ^Vings moder- 

 ate, first three quills nearly equal; tail 

 emarginate. Fcmalcund young brownish 

 above, other colors duller. Length 5, 

 spread S. — .iud. 



History. — This is one of the most 

 common species of Warblers in the Uni- 

 ted States, being met with from Louisiana 

 to Maine, but more abundantly at tlic 

 south than at the north. It resembles the 

 Creepers in running upon the trunks of 

 trees. Its nest is placed high upon the 

 limbs of trees, and is composed of dry 

 grass and roots, lined with hair. The 

 eggs, from 4 to G, have a light sea-green 

 tint, and are sprinkled with reddish brown 

 dots, thickest towards the large end. 



THE CCERULEAN WARBLER. 



Sylvia carulea. — Wils. 

 Description. — Wings long, 3 outer 

 quills nearly equal, 1st and ".id longest ; 

 upper parts fine ligist blue, brighter on 

 the head ; the back marked with longitu- 

 dinal streaks of blackisli ; a narrow band 

 of black from the forehead along llic lore 

 tn behind the eye ; two white bands on 

 the wings ; quills black, margined with 

 pale blue ; tail slightly emarginate; feath- 



ers black, edged with blue, with a white 

 patch on the inner web of each toward the 

 end ; lower parts white, with a band of 

 dark bluish gray across the foreneck, and 

 oblong spots of the same along the sides. 

 Female with the upper parts light bluish 

 green, the lower yellowish ; young like 

 the female. Length 4^, spread 8. — Au- 

 dubon. 



History. — This species is not very com- 

 mon in the northern part of the United 

 States. Its nest, acQprding to Audubon, 

 is built upon bushes, constructed with 

 stalks and fibres of vines, and lined with 

 moss. The eggs are 4 or 5, white, spot- 

 ted at tiie large end with reddish. ^ 



BLACKBURN'S WARBLER. 



Sylvia Blackburnia. — Lath. 



Description. — The head striped with 

 black and orange ; back black, skirled 

 with ash ; wings black, with a large lat- 

 eral patch of white ; throat and breast 

 reddish-orange, bounded by streaks and 

 spots of black ; belly dull yellow, streak- 

 ed with black ; vent white ; tail a little 

 forked, 3 lateral feathers white on the in- 

 ner web ; cheeks black ; bill and legs 

 brown. Female yellow, without orange, 

 and black spots fewer. Length 4^, spread 

 l.—Xutt. 



History. — This is a rare bird in the 

 United States. But few of them are seen 

 in Vermont, and yet it is said that some 

 of them rear their young here. The nest 

 is placed in the fork of a small tree but a 

 few feet from the ground, and is lined 

 with hair and feathers. The eggs are 

 white, sprinkled with red towards the 

 large end. 



THE CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER. 

 Sylvia ictcroccphala. — Lath. 



Description. — Crown yellow ; feath- 

 ers of the back and rump black, edged 

 with greenish white ; wings dusky, the 

 primaries edged with white and the sec- 

 ondaries with greenish yellow ; the first 

 and second row of coverls broadly tipped 

 with light yellow, forming two bars on 

 each wing; a triangular black spot be- 

 neath the eye ; chin and belly white ; 

 sides, from the black beneath the eye to 

 the thighs, and across the breast, bright 

 chestnut ; tail forked, dusky above, white 

 beneath ; legs, feet and bill dusky ; iris 

 hazel. Length 5, spread 7. 



History. — This beautiful warbler is 

 represented by Audubon as being ex- 

 tremely rare in all parts of the United 

 States. The specimen, from which the 

 above description was drawn, was killed 



