OLIVE WARBLER. 
651. Peucedramus olivaceus. 5 inches. 
Range. —In the mountains of Arizona and New Mexico, 
southward. They may be easily identified by their orange- 
brown head and neck, with a broad black band through the 
eyes. Their nests are placed at high elevations in coniferous 
?rees on the mountain sides. They build a very compact 
nest, saddled upon a horizontal limb, tte ha ' 8 d 
resemblance to a knot; it is made of moss lichens, etc., an 1 
lined with fine rootlets and down from plants. Their four 
eggs are a pale gray, completely covered with spots of dark 
brown, the heaviest at the larger end (.64 x .48). 
YELLOW WARBLER. 
652. Dendroica cestiva. 4 inches. 
Range. —The whole of North America, breeding throughout 
its range They are active little bunches of yellow, as they 
gather in theJ many insects for food, all the while sing- 
fng their happy song. They place their nests m almost ny 
kind of trees, but seem to prefer willows and alderS 
some brook or pond, where insect life is ^ undan fi ^ T ^d 
nest is a compact, cup-shaped structure, made of fibers and 
grasses, lined with plant down or cotton. 
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