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BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
The Yellow-throated Warbler is a rather common winter visitant, 
frequenting the tall trees, generally the pines. At Nassau it was 
quite abundant in the “ pine barrens.” Its food consists principally 
of small insects and larvae. It is possible that some few of these 
birds remain in the Bahamas to breed, although none were observed 
during the summer season. The nest of this species is exceeding 
rare, and only on one occasion 'have I had the good fortune to find 
it breeding. The nest was taken April 28, near Jacksonville, Fla. 
It was built in the middle of a clump of Spanish moss, suspended 
from the end of a large branch about twenty feet from the ground, 
and contained four eggs, which were quite fresh. The egg is of a 
dull, bluish-white color, thickly dotted with fine brown spots around 
the larger end. 
Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. II. pi. 79. 
DENDRCECA KIRTLANDI. Baird. 
Kirtland’s Warbler. 
Winter Plumage , Female. — Above, bluish ash ; the feathers of 
the crown with a narrow, those of the middle of the back with a 
broad streak of dark brown ; a narrow semicircular ring of black 
surrounds the eye, touching its anterior part ; eyelids, white ; under 
parts, yellow; throat and breast with small spots, and sides of the 
body with short streaks of black ; greater and middle wing-coverts, 
