. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . east and sides streaked withblack. Crown and sides of head black, with median and twolateral white stripes. Wings and tail black ; the former with twowhite cross-bars, and much edging of the feathers, the latter hav-ing several outer feathers marked with white. In the female, theblack streaks of the under parts are obsolete. Bill mostly black ;feet black. Length, ; extent, ; vving, ; tail, ;bill, ; tarsus, This interesting bird is a summer visitor to NewEngland, of common occurrence in wooded r
. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . east and sides streaked withblack. Crown and sides of head black, with median and twolateral white stripes. Wings and tail black ; the former with twowhite cross-bars, and much edging of the feathers, the latter hav-ing several outer feathers marked with white. In the female, theblack streaks of the under parts are obsolete. Bill mostly black ;feet black. Length, ; extent, ; vving, ; tail, ;bill, ; tarsus, This interesting bird is a summer visitor to NewEngland, of common occurrence in wooded regions,and especially abundant during the migrations. It is rather more numerous in south-ern than in northern New Eng-land, as it stays to breed any-where in suitable localities onits way north, and only a cer-tain proportion of the total num-ber of individuals reach the ex-treme limit of the distributionof the species. The bird entersNew England late in April;becomes numerous in May; breeds, as just intimated,and departs usually by the middle of September, though. Fig 28.—Black-and-WhiteCreeiing Warbler. (Natural size.) M. VARIA : BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER. IO7 it has been found in Connecticut in early October. It isoftenest seen in May and September, when the migra-tion is in full action. The nest is usually placed on theground, built of leaves, grasses and moss, lined withfine, soft vegetable substances, such as fern-down, andsometimes hair. The eggs are laid the last week inMay or early in June, and a second set may be foundsometimes in July. They are 4 to 6 in number, measur-ing by , of a creamy-white ground-color, moreor less evenly sprinkled with reddish-brown dots, amongwhich are some larger markings of darker brown color,chiefly about the greater end. Like all the famil},this Warbler is insectivorous, subsisting upon a varietyof small insects gleaned from the bark and foliage oftrees, somewhat in the manner of the Creeper ( Cer-thia). The habit of scrambling
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