. The land-birds and game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes .. . - fewbreed.) (a). About 4^ inches long. Above, blue, ashy-tinted, witha yellowish patch on the back. Lore black. Throat and pcwtof the breast, yelloio, with a rich, dark broivnish patch. Upperthroat immaculate. Other under parts, Aving-bars, and tail-spots, white. ? rather duller, with le§s distinct markings. (Details omitted.) 100 LAND-BIRDS AND GAME-BIRDS (&). The nest is globular, with an entrance on the side, andis composed principally of hanging mosses. It is u
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes .. . - fewbreed.) (a). About 4^ inches long. Above, blue, ashy-tinted, witha yellowish patch on the back. Lore black. Throat and pcwtof the breast, yelloio, with a rich, dark broivnish patch. Upperthroat immaculate. Other under parts, Aving-bars, and tail-spots, white. ? rather duller, with le§s distinct markings. (Details omitted.) 100 LAND-BIRDS AND GAME-BIRDS (&). The nest is globular, with an entrance on the side, andis composed principally of hanging mosses. It is usuallyplaced in the woods, twenty or more feet from the ground, atthe end of a bough of some hard-wood tree or evergi-een. Itusually contains four or five freshly laid eggs in early June,which average about 62 X 4:8 of an inch, and are white (orcream-tinted) with spots and confluent blotches of reddish-brown and lilac, chiefly about the crown. (c). The Blue Yellow-backs are summer-residents through-. rig. 4. Blue Yellow-backed Warbler (i). out the eastern United States, more commonly in NorthernMaine and New Hampshire than in Massachusetts, whereonly a few breed, chiefly, probably, in the valleys of theConnecticut and Nashua Rivers. Near Boston they are ex-tremely rare in summer, but are generally common in the sec-ond and third weeks of May and September, during theirmigrations, being, however, sometimes rare, and sometimesextremely abundant. I can in no way, I believe, better de-scribe their habits than by detailing the observations which Imade upon them this spring (1875), when they were very nu-merous in my immediate neighborhood. They came on the elev-enth of May, and did not wholly disappear until the twenty-second of that month, after which I saw none, except a few in OF NEW ENGLAND. 101 autumn. They chiefly frequented the budding maples, theorchard-trees, and the shrubs and bushes which were just push-ing forth their young leaves ; sometimes alone, more often inpairs,
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