PERCHING BIRDS 



661. Black-poll Warbler. Dentlroiii, 



fitriata. 



Range. — North America, east of the Rockies, 



breeding from northern United States north to 



Labrador and Alaska; winters in Soutli America. 



This black and white Warbler has 



^l^pp^^^ a solid black cap, and the under- 



JyBHM|H^ parts are wliite, streaked witii 



l^S^^^^V black on the sides. In the woods 



^HJP^^^ they bear some resemblance to the 

 ' Black and White Warbler, but do 



" '' not have the creeping habits of tiiat 



species. During migrations they are found in 

 equal abundance in swamps or orchards. In their 

 breeding range, they nest at low elevations in 

 stunted pines or spruces, making their nests of 

 rootlets and lichens, lined with feathers. The 

 eggs are dull whitish, spotted or blotched with 

 brown and neutral tints. Size .72 x .50. Data. — 

 Grand Manan, N. B., June 12, 1SS3. Nest and 

 four eggs on branch of a stunted spruce 2 feet 

 from the ground. 



(362. Blackburnian Warbler. Dendroica 

 fusca. 



Range. — North America, east of the Plains, 

 l)reeding from Massachusetts and Minnesota north 

 to Hudson Bay; south in the Alleghanies to the 

 Carolinas. Winters in Central and South Amer- 

 ica. 



This species is, without exception, the most ex- 

 quisite of the family; the male can always be 

 known by the bright orange throat, breast and 

 superciliary stripe, the upper parts being largely 

 black. They arrive with us when the apple trees 

 are in bloom and after a week's delay pass on to 

 more northerly districts. Their nests are constructed of rootlets, 

 fine weed stalks and grasses, lined with hair, and are placed on 

 horizontal limbs of coniferous trees. The tliree or four eggs are 

 greenish white, speckled, spotted and blotched with reddish 

 brown and neutral tints. Size .70 x .48. Data. — Lancaster, Mass., 

 June 21, 1901. Nest in a white pine, 38 feet from the ground on Greenish whit 

 a limb 4 feet from the trunk; composed of fine rootlets and hair, 

 resembling the nest of a Chipping Sparrow. 



r!l;iok-poll W;irl3lers 



Blarkliurnian Warblers 



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