. Birds of North Carolina . Fig. 231. Cerule. W.^kbler. 291. Dendroica pennsylvanica {Linn.). Chestnut-sided Warbler. Description.— above, much streaked with whitish ohve; crown clear yellow; blackpatch about eye; pui-e white below, a line of bright chestnut streaks along sides; wing-p,atchyellowish, never clear white. Females much duller; fall liirds bright j^eUowish green above andwhite below, with little or no chestnut on side except in tlie adult male. Extreme measurementsof 21 specimens from Raleigh and Weaverville; L., ; W., ; T., Range.—Eastern Nor
. Birds of North Carolina . Fig. 231. Cerule. W.^kbler. 291. Dendroica pennsylvanica {Linn.). Chestnut-sided Warbler. Description.— above, much streaked with whitish ohve; crown clear yellow; blackpatch about eye; pui-e white below, a line of bright chestnut streaks along sides; wing-p,atchyellowish, never clear white. Females much duller; fall liirds bright j^eUowish green above andwhite below, with little or no chestnut on side except in tlie adult male. Extreme measurementsof 21 specimens from Raleigh and Weaverville; L., ; W., ; T., Range.—Eastern North Ameiica, breeding rather northerlj-, except in the mountains. Wintersin Mexico and Central America. Range in North Carolina.—Transient in the central part of the State, but summer visitor in themountains, where it breeds above 2,000 Fig. 232. Chestnut-sided WarbTjEk. The Chestnut-sided AVarbler is a rare spring and rather common fall transientin central North Carolina, where it has been from April 27 to May 15in the spring, and from August 17 to October 12 in autumn. In the mountains it is common in summer between 2,000 and 4,000 feet of eleva-tion, the earliest spring arrival being noted on April 21, and the latest departurein fall on September 22. C. S. Brimley took a female just ready to lay, close by 19 290 Birds of Xorth Carolina its nest, at Blantyre on May 5, 1908, and Cairns found a nest. May 25, 1887, onCraggy Mountain. The latter was in open woods, and was placed in a rhododen-dron bush at a height of only three feet. The structure very neat and eggs are usually four, white, and speckled with brown, chiefly at the largerend, where the spots fre(|ucntly form a wreath. Size .68 x ..50. Other mountain locahties from which it has been recorded in summer are Ashe-ville. Highlands,
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