. The birds of eastern North America : with original descriptions of all the species which occur east of the Mississippi River, between the Arctic circle and the Gulf of Mexico, with full notes upon their habits, etc. , . on sick^s ofhead with the black back and white under parts. Occurs duringsnmmer througliout Eastern United states, north to Southern Ver-niont and New Ilamiishire. Winters south of our limits. , 5 00 to Stretch, to ; wing, to ); tail, 1 80 to 1,!I0; bill, .50 to .55; tar-sus, .70 to .75. DESCRIPTION OF NESTS AND , placed on
. The birds of eastern North America : with original descriptions of all the species which occur east of the Mississippi River, between the Arctic circle and the Gulf of Mexico, with full notes upon their habits, etc. , . on sick^s ofhead with the black back and white under parts. Occurs duringsnmmer througliout Eastern United states, north to Southern Ver-niont and New Ilamiishire. Winters south of our limits. , 5 00 to Stretch, to ; wing, to ); tail, 1 80 to 1,!I0; bill, .50 to .55; tar-sus, .70 to .75. DESCRIPTION OF NESTS AND , placed on the ground, composed of dried leaves, grape vine bark etc , lined with line gra^^s andhorse hair. Ecos, four in number, oval in form, white in color, spotterl and blotched with reddisli brown,rather more thickly on the larger end. Dimensions, .55 by .(17 to .50 by .IJG. HABITS. These beautifid little warblers airive in Massachusetts in the siiring during tla-^coud or third week in May. Hero tliey are much more C()nmu)n in some sections than in others, this is especially true durino- the migration. A nuuilHr of years ago. I found them abundant in some detached pieces of woodland aroinid the salt marshesiu Mie town. A B Fig. 85. Head of Adultmale Golden-Winged , second tail feather. B, tongue. 576 BREWSTERS WARBLER. of Rowley, but not many remained to breed there. Here in Newton t!iey are always tobe found alonu- a line of hills which lies in the center of tlie city, a,nd fortunately the settle-ment of this section does not appear to have driven them away, for I saw theredurinc June of this year, 1895, inhaljiting the little parks in the vicinity <jf t!ie houses. It was on this hill, on the side of a little valley, the ))ottom of which was occupiedby a swampy thicket, that I fomid the first well authenticated nests of tliis species th; thad ever been taken. This was on June Iith, twenty-six years ago. Since that time,however, quite a number of nests have bee
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