THE BIRD BOOK 



spe Warblers 



Olive Warhle 



646lj. DusKv Warbler. rermirora celafa sor- 

 did n. 



Range. — Santa Barbara Islands, off California. 

 Said to be duller colored and darker than the 

 others. The eggs cannot be distinguished. 



(il7. 



Texnkssee Warbleh. 



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/■rmivord peregnna. 



Range. — Eastern North America, lireeding from 

 the northern tier of states, northward; winters to 

 northern South America. 



This species has greenish upper 

 parts, white lower parts and super- 

 ciliary line, and gray crown and 

 nape. They nest either on the 

 ground or at low elevations in 

 hushes, making the structure of 

 grasses and fibres, lined with hair; 

 they are found on wild, tangled 

 mountain ranges. The eggs are pure white, spar 

 ingly specked with reddish brown. Size .62 x .45 



hillsides and 



White 



(its. Pabul.^ Warbleh. Compsothlypiis 



mttpricaiia americana. 



Range. — Eastern United States, breeding in the 

 southern half. 

 ms ff!^- '^^^^ upper parts of this handsome species are 



V_> 'fMT' bluisli gray with a greenish patch in the middle 

 of the back; the throat and breast are yellow 

 with a patch of black and chestnut. They are 

 abundant birds in suitable localities, breeding in 

 swamps, especially those with old or dead trees 

 covered with hanging moss (usnea). Tlie nests may be found 

 at any height from the ground,- and are usually made by turn- 

 ing and gathering up the ends of the hanging moss to form a 

 pocket, which is lined with fine grass or hair. The four to six 

 eggs are white or creamy white, wreathed with specks of reddish 

 brown and chestnut. Size .64 x .44. 



(i48a. Northern Parula Warbler. Compsothlypis amcrirmin ii.tnccr. 



Range. — Northern half of eastern TTnited States and southern Canada; winters 

 from the Gulf States southward. 



The nesting habits of the northern form of -the Blue-yellow-backed Warbler 

 are in all respects like those of the last, and like them, where moss grown 

 swamps are not to be found, they have been known to construct nests of moss 

 .suspended from branches of trees, or to nest in bunches of dead leaves. Data. — 

 Oxford, Mass., June 7, 1895. Nest in a dead pine swamp; made in end of hanging 

 moss about 6 feet from the ground. Large colony breeding. 



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