PERCHIiNG BIRDS 



til<). Sennett's Warbler. Conipsollih/pi.s 

 piti ayumi nigrilora. 



Range. — Eastern Mexico, north to tlie l^ower 

 Uio Grande Valley in Texas. 



This species is similar to the Parula but is mon; 

 extensively yello'w below, and has black lores and 

 ear coverts. Their liabits are the same as those 

 of the last and their nests are generally placed in 

 hanging moss, and are also said to have been 

 found hollowed out in the mistletoe which grows 

 on many trees in southern Texas, New Mexico and 

 Arizona. The eggs cannot be distinguished from 

 those of the last. 



t),50. Cape May Warbler. Dendroica tirr- 



Range. — Eastern North America, 

 breeding from northern New Eng- 

 land and Manitoba northward; win- 

 ters south of the United States. 



This beautiful Warbler is yellow 

 below and on the rump, streaked on 

 the breast and sides with black; 

 the ear coverts and sometimes the throat are 

 chestnut. They are very local in their distribu- 

 tion both during migrations and in their breed- 

 ing grounds. They nest in the outer branches of 

 trees, preferably conifers, making the nest of 

 slender twigs, rootlets, grasses, etc., lined with 

 hair; the four or five eggs are white, variously 

 specked with reddish brown and lilac; size .65 

 X .48. 



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(i,j 1 . Olive Warbler. Peucedramus oUvaceus. 



Range. — Mountains of New Mexico and Arizona southvi'ard. 



This peculiar species may readily be recognized by its saffron or orange- 

 brown colored head and neck, with broad black bar through the eye. They 

 uest at high elevations in coniferous trees on the mountain sides, placing their 

 nests either on the horizontal boughs or forks at the end ofsthem. 

 The nests are very beautiful structures made of moss, Uchens, 

 fine rootlets and grasses and setting high on the limb like those 

 of the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. The eggs are grayish white with 

 a bluish tinge, thickly speckled with blackish; size .64 x .48. 

 Data. — Huacbuca Mts., Arizona, June 21, 1901. Nest in a sugar ^, , .^| | i^^^ 

 pine near extremity of branch, 25 feet from the ground and 20 ' ' "^ 

 feet out from the trunk of the tree; composed of lichens and fine rootlets, lined 

 with plant down. 



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