290 BIRDS OF NORTH CAROLINA 



its nest, at Blantyre on May 5, 1908, and Cairns found a nest, May 25, 1887, on 

 Craggy Mountain. The latter was in open woods, and was placed in a rhododen- 

 dron bush at a height of only three feet. The structure was very neat and compact. 

 The eggs are usually four, white, and speckled with brown, chiefly at the larger 

 end, where the spots frequently form a wreath. Size .68 x .50. 



Other mountain localities from which it has been recorded in summer are Ashe- 

 ville, Highlands, Andrews, Blowing Rock, and Roan Mountain. 



This species seems to prefer the low growth in open, deciduous woods. 



292. Dendroica castanea (Wils.). BAY-BREASTED WARBLER. 



Description. Back ashy olive, streaked with black; forehead and sides of head black, inclosing 

 a chestnut crown-patch; throat and sides chestnut, otherwise buffy below. Female more oliva- 

 ceous, lacking the chestnut on head and throat. Females and fall birds resemble more or less the 

 similar stages of the Black-poll Warbler, but the latter species has the crissum white and not 

 buffy. Extreme measurements of three males from Blantyre: L., 5.46H5.85; W., 2.92-3.07; T., 

 1.07-2.35. 



Range. Eastern North America, breeding from northern New England northward. Winters 

 in Mexico, Central and South America. 



Range in North Carolina. So far, only known as -a rare fall transient at Chapel Hill and a rare 

 spring transient in the southern mountains. 



FIG. 233. BAY-BREASTED WARBLER. 



We have very few records of the occurrence of this species in North Carolina, 

 it being known to have appeared at only four places: Chapel Hill, Blantyre, 

 Andrews and Raleigh. At Chapel Hill a male was taken on October 2 and another 

 on October 8, 1897, by Pearson. At Blantyre, Sherman and C. S. Brimley secured 

 three males on May 4 and 5, 1908. They also saw a full-plumaged male at 

 Andrews on May 12. The Blantyre and Andrews specimens were found in the 

 tops of small deciduous trees, in company with Black-poll Warblers. The motions 

 of the two species appeared to be very similar. Lastly, a full-plumaged male was 

 seen by Bruner at Raleigh on May 5, 1915. 



The female recorded by Cooke as having been reported by H. H. and C. S. Brimley at Raleigh 

 on September 17, 1887, was later identified by Brewster as a Cerulean Warbler. 



293. Dendroica striata (Forst.). BLACK-POLL WARBLER. 



Description: Ad. male. Crown black; ear-coverts white; nape streaked black and white; back 

 and rump ashy, streaked with black; two white wing-bars; inner vanes of outer tail-feathers with 

 white patches at their tips; underparts white, streaked with black, the streaks most numerous 



