outh America.

This black and white Warbler has a solid black cap, and the underparts
are white, streaked with black on the sides. In the woods they bear some
resemblance to the Black and White Warbler, but do not have the creeping
habits of that species. During migrations they are found in equal
abundance in swamps or orchards. In their breeding range, they nest at
low elevations in stunted pines or spruces, making their nests of
rootlets and lichens, lined with feathers. The eggs are dull whitish,
spotted or blotched with brown and neutral tints. Size .72 x .50.
Data.--Grand Manan, N. B., June 12, 1883. Nest and four eggs on branch
of a stunted spruce 2 feet from the ground.

662. BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. _Dendroica fusca._

Range.--North America, east of the Plains, breeding from Massachusetts
and Minnesota north to Hudson Bay; south in the Alleghanies to the
Carolinas. Winters in Central and South America.

This species is, without exception, the most exquisite of the family;
the male can always be known by the bright orange throat, breast and
superciliary stripe, the upper parts being largely black. They arrive
with us when the apple trees are in bloom and after a week's delay pass
on to more northerly districts. Their nests are constructed of rootlets,
fine weed stalks and grasses, lined with hair, and are placed on
horizontal limbs of coniferous trees. The three or four eggs are
greenish white, speckled, spotted and blotched with reddish brown and
neutral tints. Size .70 x .48. Data.--Lancaster, Mass., June 21, 1901.
Nest in a white pine, 38 feet from the ground on a limb 4 feet from the
trunk; composed of fine rootlets and hair, resembling the nest of a
Chipping Sparrow.

[Illustration 401: White.]
[Illustration: Black-poll Warblers. Blackburnian Warblers.]
[Illustration: Greenish white.]
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[Illustration 402: BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS.]

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663. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. _Dendroica dominica dominica._

Range.--South Atlantic and Gulf States, north to Virginia and casually
farther; winters in Florida and the West Indies.

This species has gray upper parts with two white wing bars, the throat,
breast and superciliary line are yellow, and the lores, cheeks and
streaks on the sides are black. These birds nest abundantly in the South
Atlantic States, usually in pines, and either on horizontal limbs or in
bunches of Spanish moss. The ne