ept. 15-30. N. Ohio, common T.V., May
4-June 8; Aug. 12-Sept. 22. SE. Minn., common
T.V., May 3-; Sept. 4.

The remoteness of their homes prevents us from making the acquaintance
of the brilliantly plumaged birds of the tropics, but among them all we
will find none more beautiful than this flame-breasted Warbler, which
each spring comes from his tropical winter home almost to our doors. In
the summer he seeks the seclusion of coniferous forests and the higher
branches of spruce or hemlock. There his nest is made sometimes 80 or
more feet above the ground, and in late May or early June the white
eggs, spotted, speckled and blotched with brown, are laid. The
Blackburnian's song is described by Miss Paddock in "Warblers of North
America" as "very shrill and fine, growing even more shrill and wiry as
it rises toward the end."

YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER

_Dendroica dominica dominica. Case 5, Fig. 18_

A gray Warbler with a yellow throat. L. 5-1/4.

_Range._ Southeastern States, nesting north to
Maryland; wintering from central Florida
southward.

Washington, rare S.R., rather common late in July
and Aug.; Apl. 19-Sept. 4.

The loud, ringing _ching-ching-ching, chicker, cherwee_ of the
Yellow-throated Warbler is one of the characteristic bird songs of
spring in southern woods. The bird usually sings from the upper branches
of tall trees, often cypresses, in Florida, but further north, from
pines, where he can be far more easily heard than seen. The nest is
placed 30-40 feet from the ground and the white eggs, thickly marked
with shades of brown, are laid in April.

The Sycamore Warbler (_D. d. albilora, Case 5, Fig. 19_) is a nearly
related race of the Yellow-throat which inhabits the Mississippi Valley
nesting as far north as southern Michigan and wintering in the tropics.
It differs from the Atlantic coast form in having a smaller bill and no
yellow in front of the eye. As its name implies, it favors sycamore
trees.

BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER

_Dendroica virens virens. Case 6, Fig. 62_

The female has a yellow throat and a band of black
spots on the breast, but both sexes may be known
by the yellow cheeks and the large amount of white
in the tail. L. 5.

_Range._ Nests from Long Island and northern Ohio
north to Canada and south in the Alleghanies to
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