. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. WARBLERS 125 with dusky-grayish or blackish; bill. as in ailiilt male. Nest and Eggs.â Nest: Usually ui low evergreen trees, near ground, in open fields, or cut-over clearings; rather loosely constructed of small twigs, grasses, and leaf stems, fastened with spider webs, and lined with horse-hair; the brim accurately turned into an almost perfect circle. Eggs ; Generally 4, dull buffy or grayish- white spotted chiefly around large end with sepia, chest- nut, and lilac-gray. Distribution.â Eastern North America ; breeds from southern Mackenzie,
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. WARBLERS 125 with dusky-grayish or blackish; bill. as in ailiilt male. Nest and Eggs.â Nest: Usually ui low evergreen trees, near ground, in open fields, or cut-over clearings; rather loosely constructed of small twigs, grasses, and leaf stems, fastened with spider webs, and lined with horse-hair; the brim accurately turned into an almost perfect circle. Eggs ; Generally 4, dull buffy or grayish- white spotted chiefly around large end with sepia, chest- nut, and lilac-gray. Distribution.â Eastern North America ; breeds from southern Mackenzie, northern Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, south to Manitoba, northern Maine, and New Hampshire, and in Jamaica; winters in the Bahamas and the West Indies to Toliago ; accidental in Yucatan. A male Warbler, captured by George ()r(l in 1809 at Cape May, N. J., was described by Alexander Wilson and named by him the Cape May Warbler. Not till 1825 was a female taken, and this by Charles L. Bonaparte at Rordentown, N. J. This tan-eared \\'arbler has ever since been eagerly sought, joyously welcomed, and en- thusiastically praised. Many of the greatest bird students are not at all familiar with this bird, while some casual observers have had most rare and excellent views of this unusual (/,â ;(- droica or tree-dweller. And vet it is said that ihc nervousness characteristic of most \\ arblers, though its tree-top habits are those of dcndroica, The Cape May is also peculiar in its disposition to stop in the spring migration to feed in a small clump of trees and to remain there for three to six days at a time, before going on to its Ca- nadian breeding home. On its arrival there it gives voice to a fine, penetrating, and sweet song, not very different from the 7vcc-scc. 7vcc-scc. iccc-scc of the Black and \\'hite Warbler. About 11)05 Cape Mav \\'arblers became more common in western New ^'ork. and in. Eagerly Courtesy of An CAPE MAY WARBLER mat. size) ught, joyously welcome
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