. Bird guide . 5i/4 inches. Throat, breast and line from eye to bill yellow. This species has habits very similar to those of thelilack and White Creeper, being often seen creepingaround the trunks or over the branches of trees withalmost as much facility as the Nuthatches. They areSI lilt hern birds and are only rarely or accidentally foundin the northern half of the U. S., and they are one of thefew members of the family that winter in the southernparts of our country. Song.—Loud and similar to that of the Indigo Bunt-ing, but sliorter. Nest.—Usually high up in pines and often concealedin tu
. Bird guide . 5i/4 inches. Throat, breast and line from eye to bill yellow. This species has habits very similar to those of thelilack and White Creeper, being often seen creepingaround the trunks or over the branches of trees withalmost as much facility as the Nuthatches. They areSI lilt hern birds and are only rarely or accidentally foundin the northern half of the U. S., and they are one of thefew members of the family that winter in the southernparts of our country. Song.—Loud and similar to that of the Indigo Bunt-ing, but sliorter. Nest.—Usually high up in pines and often concealedin tufts of moss; made of fine twigs and strips of bark,held together with cobwebs and Spanish moss; eggsgreenish white, spotted with various shades of brown. Range.—Southeastern U. S., breeding north to Vir-irinia; winters in the West Indies. 6()3a. SycamoreWarbler (albiora) is like the Yellow-throated, but iswhite before the eye; found in the Mississippi Valleynorth to Illinois and Iowa; winters in
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