PERCHING BIRDS 
663. Yellow-thraoted Warbler. 
droica dominica dominica. 
Den- 
Range . — South Atlantic and Gulf States, north 
to "Virginia and casually farther; winters in Flor- 
ida and the West Indies. 
This species has gray upper parts with two 
white wing bars, the throat, breast and superciliary 
line are yellow, and the lores, 
cheeks and streaks on the sides 
are black. These birds nest abun- 
dantly in the South Atlantic States, 
usually in pines, and either on hori- 
zontal limbs or in bunches of Span- 5 reen j S h white 
ish moss. The nests are made of 
slender pieces of twigs, rootlets and strips of 
bark, and lined with either hair or feathers, the 
eggs are three to five in number, pale greenish 
white, specked about the large end with red- 
dish brown and gray. Size .70 x .50. Data. — 
Raleigh, N. C., May 3, 1890. Nest 43 feet up on 
limb of pine; made of grasses and hair. 
663a. Sycamore Warbler. Dendroicn dom- 
inica albilora. 
Range. — Mississippi Valley, breeding north to 
Ohio and Illinois, and west to Kansas and Texas; 
winters south of the United States. 
This bird is precisely like the last except that 
the superciliary stripe is usually white. Their 
nesting habits are precisely like those of the 
last, and the nests are usually on horizontal 
branches of sycamores; the eggs cannot be dis- 
tinguished from those of the Yellow-throated 
Warbler. 
Yellow- throated Warblers 
Grace’s Warblers 
664. Grace’s Warbler. Dendroicn gracice. 
Range. — Southwestern United States, abundant in Arizona and 
This Warbler is similar in markings and colors to the Yellow- 
throated variety except that the cheeks are gray instead of black. 
The nesting habits of the two species are the same, these birds 
building high in coniferous trees; the nests are made of rootlets 
and bark shreds, lined with hair or feathers; the eggs are white, 
dotted with reddish brown and lilac. Size .68 x .48. 
New Mexico. 
White 
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