102 WARBLERS 



the last three hurried and higher pitched, with decided 

 emphasis on the antepenult weet or witch." 



The eggs, laid in the first half of June, are white marked 

 with brown. 



CERULEAN WARBLER 



Dendroica rara. Case 8, Figs. 46, 47 



The adult male will be recognized at sight, but the female and 

 young must be looked at sharply. The whitish or yellowish line 

 over the eye, in connection with the white wing-bars make a fair 

 field-mark. L. 4 \. 



Range. Nests from Texas and Alabama to Minnesota and 

 western New York; locally from North Carolina to Delaware. 



Washington, several records in May, one in fall. N. Ohio; 

 common S. R., Apl. 20-Sept. 20. Glen Ellyn, not common, 

 local S. R., May 8-Aug. 19. SE. Minn., rare S. R. 



A tree-top Warbler of deciduous forests, nesting frorj* 

 25 to 60 feet above the ground. Its song bears a marked 

 resemblance to that of the Parula and its call-note is said 

 to be like the tchep of the Myrtle Warbler. The white 

 eggs, heavily blotched with brown, are laid in May. 



- CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER 

 Dendroica pensylvanica. Case 8, Figs. 43, 44 



Adults are distinguished by their chestnut sides, yellow crown 

 and wing-bars, but the young are wholly different, silky white 

 below, yellowish green above. L. si. 



Range. Nests from northern New Jersey and, in the Alle- 

 ghanies, South Carolina, north to Canada; winters in the tropics. 



Washington, abundant T. V., Apl. 19-May 30; Aug. 10-Oct. 14. 

 Ossining, tolerably common S. R., May 2-Sept. 24. Cambridge, 

 abundant S. R., May 5-Sept. 10. N. Ohio, T. V., May 2-25. 

 Glen Ellyn, rare S. R., common T. V., May i-Sept. 26. SE. 

 Minn., common S. R., May 3~Sept % 15. 



Scrubby second growths undergrown with bushes, road- 

 side borders of trees and bushes, and the brushy margins 

 of woods are all resorts of the Chestnut-side. Here 

 he attracts our attention by his rather loud, frequently 



