KIRTLAND WARBLER. 



670. Dendroica kirtlandi. S l / 2 inches. 



Above bluish gray streaked with black; underparts 

 pale yellow streaked on the side, with black. 



This is one of the rarest of American Warblers and 

 until 1903 but little was known of their habits or 

 range; in that year they were discovered nesting in 

 Oscoda County, Michigan. They were found near the 

 banks of a river in Jack pines, building on the ground 

 and remaining in the underbrush near it. 



Song. Loud and clear and said to resemble that of 

 the Maryland Yellow-throat. 



Nest. In depressions in the ground at the foot of 

 pine trees and probably also under bushes; made of 

 strips of bark and vegetable fibres; eggs white, 

 wreathed about the large end with brown (,72x.56). 



Range. Breeds in Michigan and migrates southeast 

 through Ohio, Missouri, Teimessee, Virginia, the Caro- 

 linas and Florida to the Bahamas. 



