PERCHING BIRDS 
66l. Black-poll Warbler. Dendroicu 
striata. 
Range. — North America, east of the Rockies, 
breeding from northern United States north to 
Labrador and Alaska; winters in South America. 
This black and white Warbler has 
a solid black cap, and the under- 
parts are white, streaked with 
black on the sides. In the woods 
they bear some resemblance to the 
Black and White Warbler, but do 
not have the creeping habits of that 
species. During migrations they are found in 
equal abundance in swamps or orchards. In their 
breeding range, they nest at low elevations in 
stunted pines or spruces, making their nests of 
rootlets and lichens, lined with feathers. The 
eggs are dull whitish, spotted or blotched with 
brown and neutral tints. Size .72 x .50. Data. — 
Grand Manan, N. B., June 12, 1883. Nest and 
four eggs on branch of a stunted spruce 2 feet 
from the ground. 
662. Blackburnian Warbler. Dendroica 
fusca. 
Range.— North America, east of the Plains, 
breeding from Massachusetts and Minnesota north 
to Hudson Bay; south in the Alleghanies to the 
Carolinas. Winters in Central and South Amer- 
ica. 
This species is, without exception, the most ex- 
quisite of the family; the male can always be 
known by the bright orange throat, breast and 
superciliary stripe, the upper parts being largely 
black. They arrive with us when the apple trees 
are in bloom and after a week’s delay pass on to 
more northerly districts. Their nests are constructed of rootlets, 
fine weed stalks and grasses, lined with hair, and are placed on 
horizontal limbs of coniferous trees. The three or four eggs are 
greenish white, speckled, spotted and blotched with reddish 
brown and neutral tints. Size .70 x .4S. Data. — Lancaster, Mass., 
June 21, 1901. Nest in a white pine, 38 feet from the ground on Greenish white 
a limb 4 feet from the trunk; composed of fine rootlets and hair, 
resembling the nest of a Chipping Sparrow. 
Black-poll Warblers 
Blackburnian Warblers 
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