PERCHING BIRDS 
feeding largely upon the ground amid dead leaves. 
They are quite abundant in most localities in their 
range, nesting in hollows on the ground in open 
woods or shrubbery on hill sides; the nest is made 
of leaves, grasses and rootlets, lined with hair or 
finer grasses, and is usually placed under the 
shelter of some small bush. They lay (in May, 
June or July) three to six eggs, white, marked or 
blotched either sparingly or heavily with chestnut 
or lavender. Size .70 x .52. 
640. Bachman’s Warbler. V ermivora 
bachmani. 
Range. — Southeastern United States, along tne 
Gulf coast to Louisiana and north to Virginia and 
Missouri. 
This species is one of the rarest of the Warb- 
lers, but is now much more abundant than twenty 
years ago, when it had apparently disappeared. 
They are greenish above, and yellow below, and 
on the forehead and shoulder, and with black 
patches on the crown and breast. They have 
been found breeding in Missouri, nesting on the 
ground like others of this genus; the eggs are 
white wreathed about the large end and sparingly 
specked over the whole surface with reddish 
brown and chestnut. Size .65 x .50. 
Bachman’s Warbler 
Lawrence’s Warbler 
Brewster’s Warbler 
641. Blue-winged Warbler. Ver 
"viivora vmus. 
/'?• 
Range. — Eastern United States, breeding north to southern New England and 
in the Mississippi Valley to Minnesota; winters south of our borders. 
This common species has the crown and underparts yellow, line through the 
eye black, and white wing bars and spots on outer tail feathers. They breed 
most abundantly in the northern half of their United States 
range, placing their nests on the ground in thickets or on the 
edge of woods; the nests are made of strips of bark, usually 
grapevine, and leaves, and are usually high and deeply cupped, 
they are almost always placed among the upright shoots of 
young bushes. The eggs are white, finely specked with reddish 
brown with great variations as to markings. Size .65 x .50. 
Data. — Old Saybrook, Conn., June 1, 1900. 5 eggs. Nest composed chiefly of 
dry beech leaves and strips of cedar bark, lined with shreds of bark and fine 
grass; situated on the ground among a bunch of weeds in the woods. 
fc-v 
White 
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