North American Birds Eggs. 



295 



[White.] 

 coniferous 



nests and eggs are in no 

 way different from those of 

 Audubon Warbler. 



657. Magnolia Warbler. 



Dendroicd maculosa. 



Range.— North America 

 east of the Rockies, breed- 

 ing from northern United 

 States to Hudson Bay 

 region and in the Alleghan- 

 ies, south to Pennsylvania. 

 Winters south of our bor- 

 ders. This species, which 

 is one of the most beautiful 

 of the Warblers, is entirely 

 yellow below and on the 

 rump, the breast and sides 

 being heavily streaked with 



black; a 



large patch 



on the back 



and the ear 



coverts are 



black. They 



build in 

 trees at any 

 elevation from the ground 

 making their nests of root- 

 lets and grass stems, 

 usually lined with hair; 

 the eggs are dull white, 

 specked with pale reddish 

 brown; size .65 X .48. Data. 

 — Worcester, Mass., May 

 30, 1895. 4 eggs. Nest of 

 fine rootlets and grasses 

 about 30 feet upon the end 

 of a limb of a pine over- 

 hanging a brook. OoUect- 

 or, C. A. Reed. 



658. Cerulean Warbler. 

 Dendroica. Crerulca. 



Range. — United States 

 east of the Plains, breeding 

 chietly in the northern half 

 of the Mississippi Valley, 

 rare east of the Alleghanies 

 and casual in New Eng- 

 land. The beautifnl Warblers are light blue gray above, streaked with black on 

 back, white below, with a grayish blue band on breast and streaks on the sides; 

 ,„„ they have two wide white wing bars and spots on the outer tail 



feathers. They are found chiefly in the higher trees where they 

 ffSS'--'-- .■• ") glean on the foliage; they build also usually above twenty feet 

 ""* -' - ' from the ground in any kind of tree, placing the nests well out 

 on the horizontal limbs, generally in a fork. The nests are made 

 of fine strips of bark, fibres, rootlets, etc., lined with hair; the 

 eggs are white or pale bluish white, specked with reddish brown; 

 Data.— Fargo, Ontario, June 2, KOI. Nest in a burr oak, 18 feet 

 from the ground on a horizontal limb. Collector, H. Gould. 



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Photo bj- .1. B. Pardee. 

 WARBLER. 



Size 



