IOO LUCY'S WARBLER 



search of his morning repast; or having satisfied his appetite, he 

 mounts to the top of some tree in the neighborhood of his nest, and 

 repeats at regular intervals a song of remarkable fullness for a bird 

 of such minute proportions." (Aiken.) 



"Ordinary note, a sharp chip; song simple but various (decep- 

 tively so) ; common forms are che'-we-che'-we-che'-we-che'-we,-wit-a- 

 wit-wit-wit (these terminal notes being partially characteristic 

 of Helminthophagce) and che-we'-che-we'-che-we'-che'-a-che'-ache'." 

 (Minot.*) 



Nesting Site. — Nests found by Howard and Judson were on the 

 ground under a bush or bunch of grass. A nest found by W. G. 

 Smith at Estes Park, Colorado, was "under a rocky ledge, sunken in 

 the ground and well hidden." (C. W. C.) 



Nest. — Nests collected by Howard 2 were made of "fine straws, 

 rootlets and fibers, loosely put together." 



Eggs- — 4 or 5, rarely 5. Ground color white lightly wreathed 

 around the larger end with specks and spots of reddish and purplish 

 brown, a few scattering specks of the same colors over rest of egg. 

 Size; average, .66x49. A set of four, from Estes Park, Colorado, 

 show very regular measurements : .66x49, .66x49, -66x.5o and .67x49. 

 (Figs. 21,22.) 



Nesting Dates. — Arizona, May 17 (Judson) ; Estes Park, Colo., 

 June 20 (C.W.C.). 



Biographical References 



(1) W. B. Judson, Nesting of Virginia's Warbler, Osprey, III, 1898, 54. 

 (2) C. W. Howard, Summer Resident Warblers of Arizona, Bull. Cooper 

 Orn. Club (=Condor), I, 1899, 63. (3) H. D. Minot, Notes on Colorado 

 Birds, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, 1880, 226. 



Lucy's Warbler 



HELMINTHOPHILA LUCI^ (Coopw) PUte VI 



Distinguishing Characters. — General color gray, crown-patch and upper 

 tail-coverts chestnut. Length (skin), 3.80; wing, 2.20; tail, 1.65; bill, .38. 



Adult S, Spring.— Crown largely chestnut with more or less pronounced 

 gray tips which wear off in the breeding season; back gray; upper tail-coverts 

 chestnut; tail fuscous, outer feathers with a dull white patch, white sometimes 

 extending to margin of inner vane of second feather; wings gray, no white 

 bars ; cheeks and underparts dusky white more or less tinged with buff. 



Adult t?, Fall.— Similar to last "but above tinged with brown, the chestnut 

 crown-patch concealed by very broad brownish gray tips to the feathers ; under- 

 parts pale brownish buff, becoming white, or nearly so, on the abdomen" 

 (Ridgw.). 



Young (?, Fall. — Not seen. 



