. Bird homes : the nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . forman irregular band. Adult $—Upper parts greenish ; under parts white, tinged moreor less with yellow. Length—4. so. Breeds in the Mississippi Valley as far north as Minne-sota, and eastward as far as Lockport, New York ; rareeast of the Alleghanies. The nest is made of grasses, spider web, and lichen, linedwith fine grass; it is a compact structure placed at a considerableheight from the ground, probably not less than twenty
. Bird homes : the nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds . forman irregular band. Adult $—Upper parts greenish ; under parts white, tinged moreor less with yellow. Length—4. so. Breeds in the Mississippi Valley as far north as Minne-sota, and eastward as far as Lockport, New York ; rareeast of the Alleghanies. The nest is made of grasses, spider web, and lichen, linedwith fine grass; it is a compact structure placed at a considerableheight from the ground, probably not less than twenty, and fromthat up to fifty feet. The eggs are white, tinged with cream,blue, or green, and spotted and blotched (sometimes chiefly atthe larger end) with brownish red and lilac gray. The full com-plement is probably 4. Size—.6s X .50. The nests of this beautiful blue warbler are rather rare, notonly from the fact that the birds themselves are common in butfew places, but because the nests, being placed on high branchesin the forests, are exceedingly difficult to find. The breedingseason probably begins about the middle of May, or perhapsrather earlier. 158. NEST AND EGGS OF CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER IN AZALEA, TWO FEET FROM GROUND Nests in Trees, Bushes, or Vines 659. Chestnut-sided Warbler: Dendroica pennsylvanica (Linn.) Adult—Upper parts greenish, streaked with black ; crown yellow;a black line from base of bill on sides of throat to upper partof breast, where it joins the chestnut patch on either side of thebreast and belly; rest of under parts whitish. Length— Breeding Range-—\x\ the Alleghanies, northward from South Caro-lina, and from northern New Jersey and Illinois northward. The nest is placed in low bushes at a height from eighteeninches up to seven or eight feet. It is a ftiirly compact nest, aboutan inch and a half deep inside, composed of grass, thin strips ofbark, a small amount of plant fibre, and lined with fine grass,hair, and hair-like roots. Se
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