90" WARBLERS 



woods with others of its family. The nest is made on the 

 ground, and the eggs, which resemble those of the Blue- 

 wing, but are more heavily marked, are laid in May or 

 early June. 



NASHVILLE WARBLER 

 Vermivora rubricapilla rubricapilla. Case 7, Fig. 33 



No wing-bars or white in the tail; adult with a partly concealed 

 chestnut patch in the gray crown; eye-ring white. L. 4}. 



Range. Nests from northern Pennsylvania and Nebraska to 

 Canada; winters in the tropics. 



"Washington, uncommon T. V., Apl. 28-May 19; Sept. 5- 

 Oct. 2. Ossining, tolerably common T. V., May 7-27; Aug. 11- 

 Oct. 4; may breed. Cambridge, rather common S. R, May 5- 

 Sept. is; abundant T.- V. N. Ohio, common T. V., Apl. 28- 

 May 27; Sept. i-Oct. 16. Glen Ellyn, regular T. V., Apl. 27- 

 May 25; Aug. 20-Oct. 19. SE. Minn., common S. R., May 1- 

 Sept. 29. 



Thayer in " Warblers of North America " says that the 

 Nashville is one of the most agile and restless of the 

 gleaning Warblers. It prefers birches, but is found 

 in rather open growths of other trees. Its commoner 

 song consists of a string of six or eight or more lively rapid 

 notes, running into a rolling twitter. It has also a flight- 

 song. 



The nest is placed on the ground; the eggs, which are 

 laid in May or early June, are white, spotted with reddish 

 brown. 



ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER 

 Vermivora celata celata. Case 7, Fig. 32 



A dusky, olive-green bird, obscurely streaked below; without 

 wing-bars or white patches in tail. L. 5. 



Range. Chiefly the interior, nests from Manitoba north- 

 ward; winters in Florida and the Gulf States. 



Washington, casual T. V., two records, Oct. Ossining, A. V. 

 Cambridge, rare T. V., in fall, Oct. 5-Nov. 15. N. Ohio, rare 

 T. V., Apl. 27-May 21. Glen Ellyn, not common T. V., May 1- 



