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655. Myrtle WASBtER (E. S, Cheney del). 

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 or ten feet, usually four or five. The locality in -which Mr. Kells found this species 

 breeding was ■woods of black ash, intermingled with balsams and cedars. The nest 

 is composed of soft vegetable fibres, with a few grass stems for a lining; in some 

 there is a lining of feathers when they are obtainable. The eggs are four or five, 

 usually four. In number, and varj^ from creamy-white to dull white, speckled and 

 spotted, and frequently blotched, generally in wreaths near the larger ends, with 

 various shades of reddish-brown and lilac gray. The sizes of a set containing the 

 largest eggs in a series in Mr. Norris' collection are .70x.54, .69x.54, .72x.55; these 

 were taken at Grand Manan, New Brunswick, June 24, 1878. A set of four exhibiting 

 the smallest sizes was taken by Mr. William Brewster at Lake Umbagog, Maine, 

 June 11, 1876. These measure .64x.51, .64x.49, .66x.50, .66x.50, respectively. 



656. AUDUBON'S WAKBLER. Dendroica auduboni (Towns.) Geog. Dist— 

 Western North America, east to the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, north to 

 British Columbia; south in winter to Guatemala. Accidental in Massachusetts. 



Audubon's Warbler looks like the last species except that its throat is yellow 

 Instead of white. An abundant species in all suitable places throughout the west. 

 Mr. Scott found it nesting at Twin Lakes, Colorado, and Mr. D. H. Minot notes it as 

 a summer resident in the region about Boulder, where the 

 bird prefers high willow swamps and spruce timber. He 

 found nests June 24, at Seven Lakes. Mr. Frank M. Drew 

 — «k /i^^^y^ gives it as an abundant resident in San Juan county, Colo- 



? ^^^Y rado. Dr. Merrill states that it breeds rather abundantly 



^/ jwfcr ''^ *-^® -^'S Horn Mountains, Montana. Mr. H. W. Henshaw 



■'^^ states that Audubon'fl Warbler breeds abundantly through- 



out the pine woods of the mountains about Santa Fe, New 

 ^ - Mexico. Mr. A. W. Anthony says that a few breed in the 



^6. Audubon's Warbler 



