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of weeds, and are composed of strippings from plants, grasses, 

 moss, leaves, and the inner bark from decaying trees, and lined 

 with fine stemlets of grass and hairs. They are occasionally 

 partially roofed over. The materials selected so closely resemble 

 the ground and its surroundings, that their nests are oftener 

 found by accident than otherwise. Eggs four or five, . 65x. 52; 

 white, with a creamy tinge, irregularly specked and spotted with 

 umber and reddish brown, chiefly around the larger end; in 

 some cases a few purplish spots; in form, oval. A set of five 

 eggs, collected May 23d, at West Newton, Mass., are, in dimen- 

 sions: .64x.50, .64x.52, .65x.51, .66x.52, .66x.52. 



GENUS PROTONOTABIA BAIRD. 



"Characterized by its long, distinctly notched bill, and long wings, which 

 are an inch longer than the slightly graduated tail (the lateral feathers about 

 .12 of an inch shorter). The under tail coverts are very long, reaching within 

 half an inch of the tip of the tail. The tarsi and hind toe are proportionately 

 longer than in the true Warblers. The uotch and great size of the bill distin- 

 guish it from the Swamp Warblers." 



Protonotaria citrea (BODD.). 



PBOTHONOTARY WARBLER. 

 PLATE XXXI. 



Summer resident in eastern to middle Kansas; common in 

 the eastern portion of the State. Arrive the last of April; be- 

 gin laying the last of May; the bulk leave in August; a few 

 linger into September. 



B. 169. R. 75. C. 95. G. 33, 272. U. 637. 



HABITAT. Eastern United States, chiefly in the Mississippi 

 Valley; north regularly to Georgia, Iowa and Nebraska; casu- 

 ally north to New Brunswick, Ontario and Minnesota; west into 

 eastern Nebraska and Texas; south in winter to Cuba, Central 

 America and northern South America. Breeds in suitable lo- 

 calities in the United States, throughout its regular range, and 

 probably occasionally as it straggles northward. 



SP. CHAR. Head and lower parts, except lower tail coverts, yellow; lower 

 tail coverts, lining of wing, and inner webs of tail feathers, white; back, scapu- 

 lar, rump, sometimes top of head, olive green; wings plain bluish gray or plum- 

 beous. Adult male: Head, neck and lower parts (except tail coverts) intense 

 cadmium yellow, sometimes tinted with orange, the top of the head sometimes 



