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The nest is said to be built high up in trees in deciduous woods, and to be a com- 

 pact, cup-shaped structure. The eggs are white, speckled with brown, and measure 

 .69 x .53. From the above record of Wayne it would appear that the eggs were 

 laid near Morganton in early May. 



FIG. 231. CERULEAN WARBLER. 



291. Dendroica pennsylvanica (Linn.). CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER. 



Description. Blackish above, much streaked with whitish olive; crown clear yellow; black 

 patch about eye; pure white below, a line of bright chestnut streaks along sides; wing-patch 

 yellowish, never clear white. Females much duller; fall birds bright yellowish green above and 

 white below, with little or no chestnut on side except in the adult male. Extreme measurements 

 of 21 specimens from Raleigh and Weaveryille: L., 4.85-5.20; W., 2.25-2.62; T., 1.7^2.00. 



Range. Eastern North America, breeding rather northerly, except in the mountains. Winters 

 in Mexico and Central America. 



Range in North Carolina. Transient in the central part of the State, but summer visitor in the 

 mountains, where it breeds above 2,000 feet. 



FIG. 232. CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER. 



The Chestnut-sided Warbler is a rare spring and rather common fall transient 

 in central North Carolina, where it has been observed from April 27 to May 15 

 in the spring, and from August 17 to October 12 in autumn. 



In the mountains it is common in summer between 2,000 and 4,000 feet of eleva- 

 tion, the earliest spring arrival being noted on April 21, and the latest departure 

 in fall on September 22. C. S. Brimley took a female just ready to lay, close by 



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