YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. 
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suspended to a kind of rope which hangs from tree to tree, 
usually depending from branches that bend over rivers or 
ravines. The nest itself is made of dry blades of grass, the 
ribs of leaves, and slender root-fibres, the whole interwoven 
together with great art ; it is also fastened to, or rather worked 
into, the pendant strings made of the tough silky fibres of some 
species of Echites, or other plant of that family. It is, in fact, 
a small circular bed, so thick and compact as to exclude the 
rain, left to rock in the wind without sustaining or being ac- 
cessible to any injur}'. The more securely to defend this 
precious habitation from the attacks of numerous enemies, the 
opening, or entrance, is neither made on the top nor the side, 
but at the bottom ; nor is the access direct, for after passing 
the vestibule, it is necessary to go over a kind of partition, and 
through another aperture, before it descends into the guarded 
abode of its eggs and young. This interior lodgment is round 
and soft, being lined with a kind of lichen, or the silky down 
of plants. 
This species is confined chiefly to the South Atlantic States, 
though occasionally a few wander to New York, Connecticut, 
and Massachusetts. 
Note. — The Sycamore Warbler {D. dominica albilord) 
differs from the type in being smaller (length to 5^ inches) 
and in having the line over the eyes white, instead of yellow. It 
occurs along the Mississippi valley and eastward to Ohio, where 
it is common. It has been taken also in South Carolina and 
Florida. 
