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In most of the Eastern United States this beautiful Warbler is known only as a 

 spring and fall migrant. It has been observed breeding in Northern New England, 

 New York and in Ontario. The Rev. C. M. Jones found it breeding at Eastford, 

 Connecticut, in deep, swampy woods, which the birds seem to make, their favorite 

 resorts. Four nests were discovered placed in laurel bushes, from five to about 

 eighteen inches above the ground. They were composed of dry grape vine bark, 

 twigs and roots, and partially covered on the outside with 

 the woolly substance of cocoons; the lining was of fine 

 hlack' roots and hair, and they contained four eggs re- 

 spectively. These nests were found in the first half of 

 June. Mr. William L. Kells found the Black-throated 

 Blue V^farbler breeding in the thick underbrush of the 

 high timber land, near Listowel, Ontario, in June, and on „. „, .„„ „„„ u,.,„ 



" ' , J , gg4_ Black-throated Blub 



the 5th of that month, 1886, discovered a compactly built Warbler. 



nest of this species in a. small maple. On the 9th it contained three eggs of the 

 Warbler and one of the Cowbird. Another nest found placed in a small leafy 

 shrub at the edge of a thicket contained three young of D. cwrulescens and one 

 young Cowbird. Mr. Egbert Bagg and Dr. William M. Ralph found this Warbler 

 nesting in swampy and heavily timbered woods, thickly overgrown with brush, near 

 Holland Patent, New York. Four nests were taken between May 29 and June 14, 

 1886; they were built in the upright "orks of little maple bushes, from nine inches 

 to two feet above the ground. The sizes of two sets of four eggs each are given as 

 follows: .e6x.50, .66x.51, .64x.51, .64x.51; .75x.54, .72x.55, .76x.54, .72x.52. The eggs 

 are buffy-white or greenish-white, more or less heavily blotched with pinkish-brown, 

 reddish-brown, of varying shades; some specimens in general shape and appearance 

 resemble the eggs of the American Redstart, being marked with chestnut and 

 hazel, chiefly at the larger ends. 



654a. CAIRN'S WARBLER. Dendroica cwrulescens cairnsi Coues. Geog. 

 Dist. — Higher parts of the Alleghanies, from Virginia to Georgia. 



The general habits, nesting and eggs of this subspecies are identical with those 

 of the preceding species. 



655. MYRTLE WARBLER. Dendroica coronata (Linn.) Geog. Dist. — Entire 

 of North America, rare west of the Rocky Mountains, except on the Pacific coast, 

 where more or less common. Breeds from Northern Unifed States northward. 

 Winters from the Middle States and Ohio Valley (40°) southward to West Indies and 

 Panama. Breeds also in Jamaica. 



The Yellow-crowned or Yellow-rumped Warbler is a common and well-known 

 species in Eastern United States, breeding from the northern portions northward in 

 May, June and July. Breeds abundantly in the coniferoiK forests of Maine, New 

 Hampshire and Vermont. In Central and Northern Ohio it is a rather common 

 breeder. Dr. Howard E. Jones has several times found it nesting in Pickaway 

 county, and has observed it in the extreme southern portions of the State in July. 

 In the vicinity of Listowel, Ontario, Mr. W. L. Kells met with this species breeding 

 in swampy woodland, in company with the American Redstart, Black-and-white 

 Warbler, Chestnut-sided and Bay-breasted Warblers. The Myrtle Warbler spends 

 most of its time in the higher branches of trees searching for food, but builds its 

 nest down on the lower branches, preferedly in pine, hemlock, spruce and other 

 coniferous trees; the height of the nest from the ground is seldom more than eight 



