. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. i: NASHVILLE 263 ^ Char. Above, olive, brighter on rump; head ashy gray, with con- ^.^ NASHVILLE WARBLER. HeLMINTHOPHILA RUFICAPILLA. cealed patch of reddish brown; yellow ring around the eyes ; beneath, bright yellow, paler on the belly; sides shaded with olive. Length 4>^ to 5 inches. Nest. Amid a tuft of weeds in pasture or open woodland ; composed of leaves and vegetable fibre, lined with grass, pine-needles, or hai
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. i: NASHVILLE 263 ^ Char. Above, olive, brighter on rump; head ashy gray, with con- ^.^ NASHVILLE WARBLER. HeLMINTHOPHILA RUFICAPILLA. cealed patch of reddish brown; yellow ring around the eyes ; beneath, bright yellow, paler on the belly; sides shaded with olive. Length 4>^ to 5 inches. Nest. Amid a tuft of weeds in pasture or open woodland ; composed of leaves and vegetable fibre, lined with grass, pine-needles, or hair. E'.^S'^- 3-5 (usually 4); white or creamy, marked with fine spots of reddish brown and lilac ; X This rare species was discovered by Wilson in the vicinity of Nashville in Tennessee j it also exists in the neighboring States in summer, and occasionally proceeds as far north as Philadel- phia, and even the neighborhood of Salem in this State [Mas- sachusetts]. Its discoverer was first attracted to it by the singular noise which it made, resembling the breaking of small dry twigs, or the striking together of pebbles, for six or seven times in succession, and loud enough to be heard at the dis- tance of thirty or forty yards. A similar sound, produced, no doubt, by the smart snapping of the bill, is given by the Stone- chat of Europe, â which hence, in fact, derives its name. Au- dubon says, the male, while standing in a still and erect posture, utters a few low, eagerly repeated, creaking notes. This spe- cies has all the active habits of the family to which it more particularly belongs. Audubon says that these birds are not in fact rare, as he saw them in considerable numbers in the month of April, towards Texas, on their way eastward ; he also saw them in Maine and the Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. A few proceed to Labrador, and Dr. Richardson mentions the occurrence of a straggler in the fur countries. However rare the Nashville may have been when
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