WARBLERS 



(671) Dendroica vigors! 



(Audubon) 



PINE WARBLER. Ad.a" — 

 Plumage as shown by the upper bird, 

 bright olive-green above; below jel 

 lowish, bright on the throat and 

 breast and shading to ashy on the 

 sides and belly; two white wing bars 

 and white on the inner webs of outer 

 tail feathers. Ad. 9 — Shown by the 

 lower bird; brownish-green above and 

 soiled white below; breast more or less 

 tinged with yellow; wings and tail as 

 on male. Li fall the a' is lighter and 

 clearer yellow below. L., 5.50. Nest 

 — Small; of rootlets and fibres, lined 

 with hair; in the tops of pines or 

 cedars; eggs white, specked with red- 

 dish-brown, .62 X .50. 



Range — Breeds from N. B., Ont. 

 and Man. south to the Gulf. Winters 

 in the southern half of the U. S. 



In words I have seen it aptly expressed as "trees, trees, mur- 

 muring trees. " 



Their nests are almost invariably in pines or hemlocks at 

 elevations of from ten to forty feet. I have found them nest- 

 ing most abundantly in young .woods, but also find them in 

 large growth as well as in scattered pines in deciduous woods. 



KIRTLAND'S WARBLERS are among the rarest of 

 American species. Until the year 1903, nothing was known 

 of their nesting and only about seventy specimens had been 

 recorded, most of which were taken in the Bahamas. In that 

 year they were found breeding in Michigan in sandy, jack- 

 pine plains. The nests are on the ground, under and pro- 

 tected by the pines. They have the habit, whether on the 

 ground or while in trees, of wagging the tail about the same 

 as Palm Warblers do. Their song is described as loud, clear 

 and forcibly uttered, like "chip-chip-che, chee, chee-r-r-r-r, " 

 ending in a loud, ringing whistle. 



Throughout eastern United States, PINE WARBLERS 



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