. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. WORM-EATIXG WARBLER. Hklmithkrus vermivorus. Char. Above, olive; head buff, with four stripes of black; beneath, buff, paler on belly. Length 5I2 to ^^^ inches. jV^sL On the ground, often covered by a bush, or beside a fallen log; of leaves, moss, and , lined with moss, fine grass, or hair. Eifi;s. 3-6 (usually 5) ; variable in shape and color- white, sometimes with buff or pink tint, marked with fine spots of reddish brown and lilac; These birds arrive in
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. WORM-EATIXG WARBLER. Hklmithkrus vermivorus. Char. Above, olive; head buff, with four stripes of black; beneath, buff, paler on belly. Length 5I2 to ^^^ inches. jV^sL On the ground, often covered by a bush, or beside a fallen log; of leaves, moss, and , lined with moss, fine grass, or hair. Eifi;s. 3-6 (usually 5) ; variable in shape and color- white, sometimes with buff or pink tint, marked with fine spots of reddish brown and lilac; These birds arrive in Pennsylvania about the middle of May, and migrate to the South towards the close of Septem- ber ; they were seen feeding their young in that State about the 25th of June by Wilson, so that some pairs stay and breed there. They are very active anil indefatigable insect-hunters, and have the note and many of the manners of the Marsh Titmouse or Chickadee. About the 4th of October I have seen a pair of these birds roving through the branches of trees with restless agility, hanging on the twigs and examining the trunks, in quest probably of spiders and other lurking and dormant insects and their larvoe. One of them likewise kept up a con- stant complaining call, like the soimd of ts/ie dc dc. According to Richardson this species visits the fur coun- tries, where a single specimen was procured at Cumberland House, on the banks of the Saskatchewan. It is fotmd a' j in Maine and the British Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Dr. Bachman says that it breeds sparingly in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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