THE BIRD BOOK 



■ Greenish white 



.Mnngfove Wa^bler^s 



Black-throated Blue 



Warblers 



(J53. Mangrove Wakbleh. Dendroica bryanti 

 catitaneiceps. 



Range. — Southern Lower Cali- 

 fornia and western Mexico and 

 Central America. 



This species is very similar to 

 the Yellow Warbler but the en- 

 tire head and neck of the male , 

 are yellowish chestnut. Their 

 nesting habits or^ eggs do not vary in any essen- 

 tial particular frifim those of the common Yellow- 

 birds of the United States. 



(j;5i. Black-throated Blue Warbler. Den- 

 droica rcerulescenx cier?ilescens. 



Range. — Eastern North America, breeding from 

 northern United "States northward; winters in 

 the Gulf States and soutliward. 



These black-throated bluish-backed Warblers 

 are abundant in s.wampy woodland both during 

 migrations and a-t their breeding grounds; either 

 sex can readily be identified in any plumage, by 

 the presence of a small white spot at the base of 

 the primaries. They nest in underbrush or low 

 bushes only a few inches above the ground, mak- 

 ing the nests of bark strips, moss rootlets, etc., 

 lined with fine grasses or hair; 

 the eggs are pale buffy white 

 more or less dotted with pale 

 brownish; size .65 x .50. Data. 

 -^Warren, Pa.. June 9, 1891. i 

 eggs. Nest one foot from the 

 ground in brush; made of fine 

 pieces of rotten wood, laurel bark and lined with 

 fine grasses. 



nuffv white 



T,! ta. Cairns A\'abbi.er. Dciidrniin (■(rnilcsreiis rniriisi. 



Range. — Mountain ranges of Noith Carolina to Georgia. 



A darker form whose habits and eggs are identical with those of the last. 



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