Nests in Trees, Bushes, or Vines 



663a. SypaiTiore Warbler: D, d. albilora Rldgw. 



■ ■-.,■ Closely resembling the preceding, but rather smaller, and 

 without yellow in front of the eye. ' • 



Breeding Range — " The Mississippi Valley north to Kansa3, south- 

 ern Indiana, and southern Illinois ; east to western South 

 Carolina" (Chapman). Davie gives the range as, "North 

 ; tQ Lake, Erie and southern Michigan; and east to western 

 ; , North Carolina," 



The nest is usually placed in sycamore trees. " It is com- 

 posed of fine sl;ireds of vegetable material intermingled with 

 short, slender twigs as the base." 



The eggs are identical in markings with those of the yellow- 

 throated warbler, but are slightly smaller in size, , 



667. Black-throated Green Warbler: Dendroica yirens 



(Gmel.) 



Adult 3 — Upper partis olive green ; two white wing bars, bright 

 yellow cheeks, and line over eye ; under parts, throat, 

 breast, and streaks on sides of flank black ; belly white, 

 more or less tinged with yellow. 



Adult 9 — Very ' similar, the throat having yellow mixed with 

 black. Length — 5.10. 



Breeding Range— ^^t higher parts of the Alleghanies to South 

 Carolina, and northward from Connecticut and northern 

 Illinois. 



The nest is a beautiful compact structure of small twigs 

 (usually of hemlock or spruce), lichen, moss, grass, wool, and 

 bark, lined vvith plant down, hair, grass, and feathers. It is 

 generally: placed in a coniferous tree, at a height varying from 

 ten or fifteen to fifty feet. The eggs, 3 or 4 in number, are creamy 

 white, spotted, specked, and rarely blotched with orange brown, 

 chiefly at the large end. Size — .64 x .52. 



These birds during the breeding season inhabit almost ex- 

 clusively the dense coniferous or mixed forests, where in June 

 they build their nests. 



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