THE BIRD BOOK 
665. Black-throated Gray Warbler. Den- 
cLroica nigrescens. 
Range. — United States from the Rockies to the 
Pacific coast and north to British Columbia; win- 
ters south of our borders. 
The general color of this species 
is grayish above and white below as 
is a superciliary line and stripe 
down the side of the throat; the 
crown, cheeks and throat are black 
and there is a yellow spot in front 
Greenish white of the eye. They inhabit woodland 
and thickets and are common in 
such localities from Arizona to Oregon, nesting 
usually at low elevations in bushes or shrubs; 
the the nests are made of grasses and fibres, 
woven together, and lined with hair or fine 
grasses, resembling, slightly, nests of the Yellow 
Warbler. The eggs are white or greenish white, 
specked with reddish brown and umber. Size 
.65 x .52. Data^ — Waldo, Oregon, June 1, 1901. 
Nest 3 feet from the ground in a small oak in 
valley. Collector, C. W. Bowles. (Crandall col- 
lection.) 
666. Golden-cheeked Warbler. Dendroica 
chrysoparia. 
Range. — Central and southern Texas south to 
Central America. 
This beautiful and rare species 
is entirely black above and on the 
throat, enclosing a large bright yel- 
low patch about the eye and a 
small one on the crown. In their 
Black-throated Warblers white very restricted United States range, 
Golden-cheeked Warblers the j )ir( j s are me t w jth i n cedar timber where the* 
nest at low elevations in the upright forks of young trees of this variety. Their 
nests are made of strips of cedar bark, interwoven with plant fibres and spider 
webs making compact nests, which they line with hair and feathers. Their 
three or four eggs are white, dotted and specked with reddish brown and umber. 
She .75 x .55. 
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