Plate LXI. 
Fig. 2. HELMINTHOPHAGA GHRYSOPTERA -Golden- A/Wed Warbler. 
According to “North American Birds,” the Golden-winged Warbler is nowhere a common species, 
being but occasionally met with from Georgia to Massachusetts, and from New Jersey to Missouri 
and Wisconsin. In Ohio it is certainly rare. It has been found as early as the 15th of May. Its time 
of departure is unknown. It builds the last of May or first of June, and probably rears but one brood 
during its yearly visit to the State. 
LOCALITY : 
Woodlands, bushy pastures, and small clumps of timber, provided the soil is damp, are the most fre- 
quented nesting places. According to Dr. Wheaton, swampy places are usually selected. 
POSITION : 
The nest is built at the root of a, bush or young tree, or in a tussock of grass or weeds, and is 
generally supported by several upright stems as well as by resting upon the ground, dead leaves, or 
such debris as covers the site. Mr. Win. Iv. Limpert, of Franklin County, found a nest of this species 
resting on the ground under the broad leaf of a skunk cabbage. 
MATERIALS : 
The only nest which I have seen is before me. It is the one illustrated on Plate LXI, Fig. 
2. It was situated under a little bush in a low piece of ground. In diameter it is about four inches, 
in depth about five inches. Its inside diameter is about two and one-eighth inches, its inside depth is 
about three and three-quarters inches. It rested upon a deep layer of beech leaves, and leaves were piled 
up around it in a seemingly careless manner, as if blown by the wind. When the leaves are taken away, 
the nest proper is seen to be made of long strips of grape-vine bark, weed-fibres, and pieces of beech 
leaves, and lined with split grasses. The materials are very loosely woven into a purse-like shape, the 
rear wall being an inch or more higher than the front portion. 
EGGS : 
Four or five eggs compose a set. The ground-color is white, when blown, sparsely marked with 
brown spots, dots, and speckles, which incline to form a wreath at the base. They measure, according to 
Maynard, from .50 to .55 in shortrdiameter, and from .66 to .67 in long-diameter. According to Dr. Brewer, 
they vary in short-diameter from .49 to .53, and in long-diameter from .63 to .70. Five eggs belonging to 
the nest illustrated, measure as follows : .49 x .68, .51 x .68, .52 x .68, .52 x .67, and .53 x .69 of an inch. 
Before they were blown the shell appeared decidedly pink. The markings are Vandyke brown and bistre, 
confined chiefly to the base, where they generally form a wreath. One egg is quite thickly speckled 
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