THE BIRD BOOK 
642 . Golden-winged Warbler. 
V ermivora chrysoptera. 
Range. — Eastern United States, breeding 
north to the southern parts of the British Prov- 
inces, winters south of the United States. 
This is a very handsome species with black 
throat and ear patches, and yellow crown and 
wing bars, the upper parts being 
gray and the lower white. They 
frequent low fields or hillsides 
where they nest among weeds 
or vines, making the nest of 
strips of bark, grasses and fibres, 
and locating it close to the 
ground in clumps of weeds, low bushes or 
briers. The three to five eggs are white with 
a very great diversity of markings, either 
heavily or minutely spotted or wreathed with 
chestnut and gray. Size .62 x .50. 
White 
tleihlen -winged Warbler 
643 . Lucy's Warbler. Vermivora lurid’. 
Range. — Western Mexico, north 
commonly to Arizona and casually 
to southern Utah. 
This small gray and white Warb- 
ler is especially distinguished by a 
chestnut rump and patch in center 
of the crown. Besides nesting in 
forks of low bushes, this species is said to place 
the domiciles in almost any crevice or nook that 
suits their fancy, such as loose bark on tree 
trunks, holes in trees, or other birds’ nests. The 
eggs which are usually laid during May are white, 
sparingly specked and wreathed with reddish 
brown. Size .60 x .50. 
614 . Virginia’s Warbler. 
/ erm i nor a virginice. 
White 
Range.- — Western Mexico, north to Arizona and 
New Mexico, and also less commonly to Colorado. 
This species is similar to the last but has the 
rump and a patch on the breast, yellow. They 
are found quite abundantly in some localities, 
usually on mountain ranges, nesting in hollows 
on the ground beside rocks, stumps or in crevices 
among the rocks; the nests are 
made of fine strips of bark and 
grasses, skillfully woven together, 
and the three to five eggs are pure 
white, specked and wreathed with 
reddish brown. Size .62 x .50. 
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Lucy’s Warbler 
Virginls. Warbler 
