. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 5 NEST AND EGGS. Nests of the Connecticut Warbler have only, as yet, been found in Manitoba and Ontario and eggs of this species are among the most rare of any of our North American birds. One of the nests found in Manitoba was in a swamp embedded in the moss; the nest was made of dried grass and the four eggs were white, sparingly sprinkled, chiefly about the large end with specks of brown and black. Size .80 x .56. HABITS. Connecticut Warblers are seen in the United States only as migrants and the route that they take in pas
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 5 NEST AND EGGS. Nests of the Connecticut Warbler have only, as yet, been found in Manitoba and Ontario and eggs of this species are among the most rare of any of our North American birds. One of the nests found in Manitoba was in a swamp embedded in the moss; the nest was made of dried grass and the four eggs were white, sparingly sprinkled, chiefly about the large end with specks of brown and black. Size .80 x .56. HABITS. Connecticut Warblers are seen in the United States only as migrants and the route that they take in passing through our country seems to be subject to many variations; some Falls they are very abundant, that is you might see twenty or thirty of them in a day, while the next year they may not appear at all; at least this is the case in Worcester County and I understand that it is in other localities. I have never seen but three in the spring, they seeming to take an entirely different route in returning to their breeding ground from that taken on their journey south. They are met with in low wet land, just such as is frequented by the Maryland Yellow-throats, and attention is usually called to them by a sharp metallic chip. However they do not appear to like obser- vation for if they are noticed they quickly slink out of sight among the weeds and underbrush. MOURNING WARBLER. A. O. U. No. 679. (Geotlilypis Philadelphia). RANGE. Eastern United States breeding from northern New England, New York and Illinois northward into Canada. Winters in northern South America. DESCRIPTION. Length inches. The adults of this species are alike in plumage and are both very similiar to the last but lack the eye ring entirely, and always have some black feathers in the breast, and in full plumage have a large black patch sharply defined against the yellow underparts. Young birds are similar in plumage to the female and young of the Connecticut Warbler but can be distinguished by the shorter and
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