PERCHING BIRDS 
6‘15. Nashville Warbler. Vermivora rubri- 
capilla rubricapilla. 
Range. — North America east of the Plains, 
breeding from New York and Illinois north to 
Hudson Bay and Labrador; winters south of our 
borders. 
This small species is yellow be- 
j-jt low and greenish above, with an 
j|jjf . ' . ashy gray head and neck, enclos- 
, V, ■ - ing a chestnut crown patch. They 
^ |§|8§|jy ' breed abundantly in New England, 
usually on side hills covered with 
White clumps of young pines, the nests 
being placed flush with the surface of the ground 
and usually covered with overhanging grass; they 
are made of grasses and pine needles, the eggs 
are white, finely specked with bright reddish 
brown. Size .60 x .45. Data. — Worcester, Mass., 
June 23, 1895. Nest of pine needles and grasses 
in hollow in the moss on a scrubby pine hillside. 
()i<5a. Calaveras Warbler. Vermivora rub- 
ricapilla gutturalis. 
Range. — Western United States, breeding on 
ranges from California and Idaho north to British 
Columbia; winters in Mexico. 
A slightly brighter colored form of the last 
species. Their habits are the same and the eggs 
cannot be distinguished from those of the eastern 
bird. 
(ill). Orange-crowned Warbler. 
Vermivora celata celata. 
Nashville Warbler 
Orange-crowned Warbler 
Range. — North America, chiefly in the interior, breeding north of the United 
States except in the Rockies south to Arizona and New Mexico; 
winters in the Gulf States and southward. 
This plainly clad, greenish colored species has a concealed 
patch of orange brown on the crown. They have been found 
breeding about Hudson Bay and in the Mackenzie River district, 
placing their nests in hollows on the ground, usually on the 
side of banks or hills and concealed by small tufts of grass or 
bushes. The three or four eggs are white, speckled with reddish brown. 
Size .64 x .45. 
White 
() t6a. Lutescent Warbler. Vermivora celata lutescens. 
Range. — Pacific coast, breeding from California to Alaska; winters in Mexico. 
Similar to the last but more yellowish below. They make their nests of 
leaves, rootlets, moss, etc., lined with hair, and placed on the ground, concealed 
by tufts of grass or by bushes. The eggs are like those of the last. Data. — 
Danville, Cal., April 21, 1898. Nest on the ground on a side hill; among weeds 
in the shade of a large oak. 
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