. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMEKIC'A'N BIRDS. 431 the addition of the fur and hair of the smaller animals. The eggs were four In num- ber, and measured . of an inch. They are of a rounded-ovoid shape, have a â white ground with a slightly roseate tingej and are profusely spotted with numerous small blotches and dots of purplish-brown and lilac, forming a crown around the larger end. 645. NASHVILIiE WARBLER. Eelminthophila rufleapilla (Wils.) Geog. Dist.âEastern North America to the Plains, north to the Fur Countries, south in winter to Eastern Mexico and
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMEKIC'A'N BIRDS. 431 the addition of the fur and hair of the smaller animals. The eggs were four In num- ber, and measured . of an inch. They are of a rounded-ovoid shape, have a â white ground with a slightly roseate tingej and are profusely spotted with numerous small blotches and dots of purplish-brown and lilac, forming a crown around the larger end. 645. NASHVILIiE WARBLER. Eelminthophila rufleapilla (Wils.) Geog. Dist.âEastern North America to the Plains, north to the Fur Countries, south in winter to Eastern Mexico and Guatemala. The Nashville Warbler breeds from the Northern United States northward to Hudson Bay and interior British America. Throughout New England it is a com- mon summer resident, breeding in any suitable locality in the latter part of May and in June. At this season it may also be found in Michigan, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, etc. The nest is placed on the ground and is composed of leaves, bark strips, sometimes almost entirely of pine needles, the lining being iiner material of the same with grasses and hair. Often the nest is embedded in the ground flush with the surface, and it is usually hidden under a tussock of grass. The ground color of the eggs varies from white to creamy-white, and are speckled with minute dots over the surface, but chiefly at the larger end with reddish-brown, hazel and lilac. They are three or four in number and have an average size of . 646. Nest of Orange-crowned Warbler. Photo by Walter Raine. 645a. CALAVERA'S WARBLER. Belminthophila ruficapilla gutturalis Ridgw., Geog. Dist.âPacific coast of North America, eastward during migrations to the Rocky Mountains, northward to Kadiak, Alaska, and southward to Lower California and Western Mexico. This bird is very similar to the Nashville Warbler and its nests and eggs are probably Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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