. . >68 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLEK. (Dendroica BAY-BREASTED WARBLER.(Dendroica castanea, Wils.) fOPvriGHT 1900, av a. w. r!uf.!?ono. CHrc/co WARBLERS ^97 THE BAY-BREASTED WARBLER* The Bay-breasted, which is also popularly called Autum-nal, Warbler breeds from northern New England andnorthern Michigan northward, its nest being found in low,swampy woods, where there is a mixture of evergreens, oak,birch, elm, and other trees. It is compact, cup-shaped, andusually placed in coniferous trees, from five to fifteen
. . >68 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLEK. (Dendroica BAY-BREASTED WARBLER.(Dendroica castanea, Wils.) fOPvriGHT 1900, av a. w. r!uf.!?ono. CHrc/co WARBLERS ^97 THE BAY-BREASTED WARBLER* The Bay-breasted, which is also popularly called Autum-nal, Warbler breeds from northern New England andnorthern Michigan northward, its nest being found in low,swampy woods, where there is a mixture of evergreens, oak,birch, elm, and other trees. It is compact, cup-shaped, andusually placed in coniferous trees, from five to fifteen oreven twenty feet above the ground. Fine shreds of bark,small twigs, fibrous roots, and pine hair are used in its con-struction. Four eggs are laid, which are white, with abluish tinge, finely speckled on or around the larger endwith reddish-brown. Comparatively little is known of the habits of this spe-cies. It passes in spring and fall, on its way to the North,being sometimes abundant at both seasons, but does nottarry long. In general habits, at all times, it closely resem-bles other species of the genus. In Oxford County
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