006 GLEANINGS. 



The Pine Warbler {Dendrceca pinui), some 5.50X8.85, is 

 olive-green above and yellow below; the wings and tail 

 dusky, the former barred, and the latter marked with white. 

 This is another early migrant, having about the same habi- 

 tat as the former. The nest is well up in a tree, the bluish- 

 white eggs, marked with brown, measuring about .'i'Ox.49. 



The Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) is yellowish- 

 green above and yellow beneath; crown, sides of the head, 

 throat and upper breast, ashy. It is a rare species, breed- 

 ing from Maine northward, and wintering beyond our 

 limits. 



The Kentucky Warbler {Oporornis formosus) is 5.35 long 

 and 8.84 in extent; yellowish-green above, and bright yel- 

 low beneath; crown and markings on the sides of the head 

 and neck, black. This is a rather southern species, most 

 common about the Mississippi, and breeding regularly as 

 far north as Southern Illinois and Indiana. The nest is near 

 the ground, the white eggs, marked with light-brown, meas- 

 uring .'71X-52. 



Bachman's Finch {Peuccea cestivalis) — some 5. 75 long, re- 

 sembling the Yellow-winged Sparrow above, but with the 

 plain brownish-gray shades beneath, darker on the breast 

 and sides, and with light-grayish spots on the outer feathers 

 of the tail — is a species of the Soiithern States. 



The beautiful Lark Finch (Chondestes grammaca) — about 

 6. 75 long, something like the Fox Sparrow above and slightly 

 shaded with grayish-brown beneath, the head finely marked 

 with chestnut, black and white — is a western species, now 

 found as far east as Michigan. 



The Painted Finch, or Nonpareil (Cyanospiza cirii), of the 

 South Atlantic or Gulf States, is only 5.50 long; has the 

 head and neck rich blue ; rump, eye-lids and under parts> 

 bright red; back and wing-coverts, yellowish-green; wings 



