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NESTS AND EGGS OF 



surface; some specimens have a pinkish tinge, others greenish.- The markings are 

 light reddish, cinnamon-rufous,- or chestnut, in the shape of specks and spots, which 

 are heavier and bolder at the larger ends; again specimens are found with the 

 markings evenly distributed over the entire surface or in a well defined wreath 

 around the larger end, with the rest of the egg unmarked. They vary from .84 to- 

 1.02 in length by .62 to .70 in breadth. The average size of ten specimens is .92x.71. 



683a. LONG-TAILED CHAT. Icteria virens lotifficauda (Lawr.) Geog. Dist. — 

 Western United States from the Great Plains to the Pacific; south into Mexico. 



The general habits, nests and eggs of this "Western subspecies are the same as 

 those of Icteria vireiis. Colonel Goss says it is not an uncommon summer resident, 

 of Western Kansas and Mr. Lloyd gives it as an abundant breeder in Tom Green, 

 and Concho counties, Texas. 



esiifl. Long-tailed Chat. 



684. HOODED WARBLER. Sylvania mitrata (Gmel.) Geog. Dist. — Eastern 

 United States, west to the edge of the Great Plains, north to Southern portions of 

 Micnigan, New York and New England; south in winter to Cuba, Jamaica; through 

 Eastern Mexico and Central America. 



The Hooded Flycatching Warbler breeds throughout its United States range. 

 Colonel Goss mentions it as a rare summer resident of Eastern Kansas where it 

 begins laying the last of May. It Is a common resident in the cane-brakes and low 

 ehrubbery along the Lower Wabash in Southern Illinois. In Georgia the Hooded 

 Warbler deposits its eggs about the middle of May. Mr. 

 Arthur T. Wayne has taken fresh eggs near Charleston, 

 South Carolina, in the first week of June. The bird is a rare 

 summer resident of Ohio? Dr. Kirtland notices its breeding 

 in the vicinity of Cleveland. Mr. Gould found it nesting 

 near Sugar Grove, May 29, 1889. A nest was found contain- 

 ing four young. Many of the birds were observed, and some 

 secured. For a number of years the Hon. John N. Clark has 

 observed this Warbler bi-eeding in Middlesex county, Con- 

 necticut, usually in the latter part of May or first half of 

 684. Hooded Warbler. June. The bird is one of the liveliest of its tribe and is very 



