n6 Bird Studies. 



The nest is placed on the ground in swampy woods, and is made of 

 mosses, leaves, and grasses, lined with finer material of a like nature. The 

 eggs are creamy white, speckled with reddish brown and lavender. Four or 

 five are laid and they are a little smaller in size than those of a Canada 

 Warbler. 



This is a bird of Eastern and Northern North America in summer, 

 breeding from the northern border of the United States northward, and 

 wintering in Central America. 



The Hooded Warbler is so fine in appearance as to attract attention at 



once. Like his two congeners, bright yellow prevails in his livery, and is 



emphasized by a clear jet black hood over the head, neck, 



Hooded Warbler. anc [ breast, broken by a band of bright yellow, reaching 



Wilsonia mitrata (Gmel.). . . . 1 1 r 



from the region of one ear, across the eyes and the fore- 

 head, to the back of the other ear. The rest of the upper parts, including the 

 wings and tail, are olive green. The inner webs of the outer tail feathers are 

 bright yellow. From the hood back, the lower parts are bright lemon yellow. 

 The females are similar, but have the colors less brilliant and the black of the 

 hood is often restricted on the breast and throat, and not as clearly defined. 

 In the young females the hood is wanting, being replaced by olive green on 

 the head and neck, and lemon yellow on breast and throat. The young 

 males have the black of the hood more or less obscured by the narrow yellow 

 edging of each black feather. The birds have bristles at the base of the bill. 

 These warblers are rather more than five and a half inches long. 



The nest is placed in a bush or small tree, generally in a fork or crotch, 

 and rarely more than a few feet from the ground. It is made of strips of 

 bark and fine roots, lined with finer roots and grasses. Four white eggs, 

 spotted sparingly with reddish brown, are laid. They are seven tenths of an 

 inch long, and a little more than half an inch wide. 



Hooded Warblers are found in Eastern North America, north as far as 

 Southern Michigan and Ontario in the interior, and to Southeastern New 

 York and Connecticut on the sea-board. They breed from the Gulf of 

 Mexico north to the points indicated, and winter in Central America. 



The Mourning Warbler is a dark olive green bird, about five and a half 

 inches long with a hood of bluish gray on the head, extending well down on 



