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State, where, however, some were shot from (blossoming ?) 

 apple-trees by Dr. Bryant, but he found them common at 

 Umbagog, Maine, where they spent their time in the tops of 

 the taller evergreens. In northern New England they are 

 summer-residents, but in the southern parts can hardly be con- 

 sidered as other than very rare migrants. I have occasionally 

 seen them in May, but only once in September, which is partly 

 due to their frequenting so much the higher branches, where 

 they are not easily detected. 



X. DENDRCECA 



(A) ESTIVA. (Summer) Yellow Bird? 8 (Blue-eyed) Yellow 

 Warbler. Golden Warbler. 



(In southern New England a very common summer-resident.) 



(a). About five inches long. Yellow with modifications. 

 Breast, and even the back, streaked (often indistinctly) with 

 orange-brown. Tail-feathers not blotched with white as in all 

 other Dendro2cce. 



(b). I shall describe the nest at length, as it is essentially 

 like those of several other species. It is composed outwardly 

 of very fine grasses, interwoven with woolly or cottony mate- 

 rials, which form a substantial wall. This is often covered 

 with caterpillar's silk, and is lined with wool, down from plants 

 (particularly a dun-colored kind), horse-hairs, and rarely feath- 

 ers. Nuttall aptly calls this structure " neat and durable." It 

 is to be found on cultivated grounds and in gardens, as well as 

 in pastures and swamps, though even a different situation is 

 sometimes chosen ; it is generally placed in a low bush, such as 

 the barberry or currant-bush, but occasionally in the branches 

 of a shade-tree at a considerable height above the ground. 



The eggs average -67 X *50 of an inch, and are usually 

 either grayish-white, green-tinted, with spots and blotches of 

 lilac (which is often obscure) and various browns chiefly about 

 the larger end, or (more rarely) white, with lilac (obscured) and 

 sand} 7 or yellowish-brown markings grouped principally about 



* The Goldfinch (Chrysomitris tristris, 15, IV, A), is also called the Yellow Bird. 



