THE BIRD BOOK 
65 7. Magnolia Warbler. Dendroica mag- 
nolia. 
Range. — North America east of the Rockies, 
breeding from northern United States to Hudson 
Bay region and in the Alleghanies, south to Penn- 
sylvania. Winters south of our borders. This 
species, which is one of the most beautiful of the 
Warblers, is entirely yellow below and on the 
rump, the breast and sides being heavily streaked 
with black; a large patch on the 
back and the ear coverts are black. 
They build in coniferous trees at 
any elevation from the ground, 
making their nests of rootlets and 
grass stems, usually lined with 
hair; the eggs are dull white, White 
specked with pale reddish brown; size .65 x .48. 
Data. — Worcester, Mass., May 30, 1895. 4 eggs. 
Nest of fine rootlets and grasses about 30 feet 
up on the end of a limb of a pine overhanging a 
brook. 
658. Cerulean Warbler. Dendroica ccerulea 
Range. — United States east of the Plains, breed- 
ing chiefly in the northern half of the Mississippi 
Valley, rare east of the Alleghanies and casual in 
New England. These beautiful 
Warblers are light blue gray above, 
streaked with black on back, white 
below, with a grayish blue band on 
breast and streaks on the sides ; 
they have two wide white wing bars 
A\ hite and S p 0 tg on t] ie outer tail feathers. 
They are found chiefly in the higher trees where 
they glean on the foliage; they build also usually 
above twenty feet from the ground in any kind of 
tree, placing the nests well out on the horizontal 
limbs, generally in a fork. The nests are made of 
fine strips of bark, fibres, rootlets, etc., lined with hair; the eggs are white or 
pale bluish white, specked with reddish brown; size .62 x .48. Data. — Fargo, 
Ontario, June 2, 1901. Nest in a burr oak, 18 feet from the ground on a hori- 
zontal limb. 
Magnolia Warblers 
Cerulean Warblers 
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