ED WARBLER. _Dendroica chrysoparia._

Range.--Central and southern Texas south to Central America.

This beautiful and rare species is entirely black above and on the
throat, enclosing a large bright yellow patch about the eye and a small
one on the crown. In their very restricted United States range, the
birds are met with in cedar timber where they nest at low elevations in
the upright forks of young trees of this variety. Their nests are made
of strips of cedar bark, interwoven with plant fibres and spider webs
making compact nests, which they line with hair and feathers. Their
three or four eggs are white, dotted and specked with reddish brown and
umber. Size .75 x .55.

[Illustration 404: Greenish white.]
[Illustration: Black-throated Warblers. Golden-cheeked Warblers.]
[Illustration: White.]
[Illustration: deco.]
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667. BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER. _Dendroica virens._

Range.--Eastern United States, breeding from southern New England, South
Carolina in the Alleghanies, and Illinois north to Hudson Bay; winters
south of the United States.

These common eastern birds are similar to the last but the entire upper
parts are olive greenish. They are nearly always found, and always nest,
in pines, either groves or hillsides covered with young pines. The nests
are usually placed out among the pine needles where they are very
difficult to locate, and resemble nests of the Chipping Sparrow. I have
found them at heights ranging from six to forty or fifty feet from the
ground. The three or four eggs, which they lay in June, are white,
wreathed and speckled with brownish and lilac. Size .60 x .50.

668. TOWNSEND'S WARBLER. _Dendroica townsendi._

Range.--Western United States, from the Rockies to the Pacific and from
Alaska southward; winters in Mexico.

This is the common western representative of the last species, and is
similar but has black ear patches and the crown is black. They nest in
coniferous woods throughout their United States and Canadian range, the
nests being placed at any height from the ground and being constructed
like those of the Black-throated Green. Their eggs are not
distinguishable from those of the latter. Size .60 x .50.

[Illustration 405: White.]
[Illustration: White.]
[Illustration: Black-throated Green Warbler. Townsend's Warblers.]
[Illustration: deco.]
[Illustration: right hand margin.]

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669. HERMIT WARBLER. _Dendroica