D WARBLER. _Cardellina rubrifrons._

Range.--Southern Arizona and New Mexico, southward.

This attractive little Warbler is quite common in mountain ranges of the
southern Arizona. They nest on the ground on the side hills, concealing
the slight structure of grasses and rootlets under overhanging shrubs or
stones. Their eggs are specked and blotched with light reddish brown and
lavender. Size .64 x .48. Data.--Chiricahua Mts., Arizona, May 31, 1902.
Nest in a depression under a tuft of grass growing about 8 feet up on
the side of a bank.

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WAGTAILS. Family MOTACILLIDAE

694. WHITE WAGTAIL. _Motacilla alba._

Range.--An Old World species; accidental in Greenland.

These birds are abundant throughout Europe, nesting on the ground, in
stone walls, or in the crevices of old buildings, etc., the nests being
made of grass, rootlets, leaves, etc.; the eggs are grayish white,
finely specked with blackish gray. Size .75 x .55.

695. SWINHOE'S WAGTAIL. _Motacilla ocularis._

Range.--Eastern Asia; accidental in Lower California and probably
Alaska.

696. ALASKA YELLOW WAGTAIL. _Budytes flavus alascensis._

Range.--Eastern Asia; abundant on the Bering Sea coast of Alaska in the
summer.

These handsome Wagtails are common in summer on the coasts and islands
of Bering Sea, nesting on the ground under tufts of grass or beside
stones, usually in marshy ground. Their eggs number from four to six and
are white, profusely spotted with various shades of brown and gray. Size
.75 x .55. Data.--Kamchatka, June 20, 1896. Nest on the ground; made of
fine rootlets, grass and moss, lined neatly with animal fur.

697. PIPIT. _Anthus rubescens._

Range.--North America, breeding in the Arctic regions, and in the Rocky
Mountains south to Colorado, winters in southern United States and
southward.

The Titlarks are abundant birds in the United States during migrations,
being found in flocks in fields and cultivated ground. Their nests,
which are placed on the ground in meadows or marshes under tufts of
grass, are made of moss and grasses; the four to six eggs are dark
grayish, heavily spotted and blotched with brown and blackish. Size .75
x .55.

698. MEADOW PIPIT. _Anthus pratensis._

Range.--Whole of Europe; accidental in Greenland.

This species