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horizontal forks of a limb and near the end of the boughs. A 

 rather small, compact structure, composed of fine strips of bark, 

 stems of plants, bits of leaves, slender twigs, interwoven with 

 tine grasses and feathers, and lined with hairs and fine, downy 

 shreds from plants. Eggs usually four, . 67x. 52; creamy white, 

 spotted with obscure lilac, yellowish to red and dark brown, 

 usually with confluent blotches about the larger end; in form, 

 oval to rounded oval. 



Dendroica vigorsii (ATTD.). 



PINE WARBLER. 



Migratory; rare. Arrive in April; return the last of Sep- 

 tember to first of October. The birds have not as yet been 

 found nesting in the State, but I feel confident that they do oc- 

 casionally breed in the eastern portion. They often remain 

 until late in the fall. 



B. 198. K. 111. C. 134. G. 50, 289. U. 671. 



HABITAT. Eastern North America; north to New Brunswick 

 and Manitoba; west to the Plains; breeds nearly throughout its 

 range, wintering in the more southern States, the Bermudas and 

 Bahama Isles. 



SP. CHAR. ''Spring male: Upper parts nearly uniform and clear olive green, 

 the feathers of the crown with rather darker shafts; under parts generally, ex- 

 cept the middle of the body behind, and under tail coverts (which are white), 

 bright gamboge yellow, with obsolete streaks of dusky on the sides of the breast 

 and body; sides of head and neck olive green like the back, with a broad super- 

 ciliary stripe; the eyelids and spot beneath the eye very obscurely yellow; wings 

 and tail brown, the feathers edged with dirty white, and two bands of the same 

 across the coverts; inner web of the first tail feather with nearly the terminal 

 half, and of the second with nearly the terminal third, dull, inconspicuous white. 

 Spring female: Similar, but more grayish above, and almost grayish white, with 

 a tinge of yellow beneath, instead of bright yellow. Young: Umber brown above, 

 and dingy, pale ashy beneath, with a slight yellowish tinge on the abdomen; wing 

 and tail much as in the autumnal adult. Autumnal males are much like spring 

 individuals, but the yellow beneath is softer and somewhat richer, and the olive 

 above overlaid with a reddish umber tint." 



Stretch of 

 Length. ivtng. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill. 



Male 5.50 9.00 3.00 2.40 .73 .45 



Female 5.20 8.50 2.75 2.20 .71 .42 



Iris brown; bill dark brown, the under pale at base; legs 

 brown; feet and claws dark brown. 



