The Bird Book: Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs.Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)
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The Bird Book: Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs.
Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)
Birds -- North America
[Illustration 390: Golden-winged Warbler.]
[Illustration: White.]
[Illustration: White.]
[Illustration: White.]
[Illustration: Lucy's Warbler. Virginia Warbler.]
[Illustration: left hand margin.]
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645. NASHVILLE WARBLER. _Vermivora rubricapilla rubricapilla._
Range.--North America east of the Plains, breeding from New York and
Illinois north to Hudson Bay and Labrador; winters south of our borders.
This small species is yellow below and greenish above, with an ashy gray
head and neck, enclosing a chestnut crown patch. They breed abundantly
in New England, usually on side hills covered with clumps of young
pines, the nests being placed flush with the surface of the ground and
usually covered with overhanging grass; they are made of grasses and
pine needles, the eggs are white, finely specked with bright reddish
brown. Size .60 × .45. Data.--Worcester, Mass., June 23, 1895. Nest of
pine needles and grasses in hollow in the moss on a scrubby pine
hillside.
645a. CALAVERAS WARBLER. _Vermivora rubricapilla gutturalis._
Range.--Western United States, breeding on ranges from California and
Idaho north to British Columbia; winters in Mexico.
A slightly brighter colored form of the last species. Their habits are
the same and the eggs cannot be distinguished from those of the eastern
bird.
646. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. _Vermivora celata celata._
Range.--North America, chiefly in the interior, breeding north of the
United States except in the Rockies south to Arizona and New Mexico;
winters in the Gulf States and southward.
This plainly clad, greenish colored species has a concealed patch of
orange brown on the crown. They have been found breeding about Hudson
Bay and in the Mackenzie River district, placing their nests in hollows
on the ground, usually on the side of banks or hills and concealed by
small tufts of grass or bushes. The three or four eggs are white,
speckled with reddish brown. Size .64 × .45.
646a. LUTESCENT WARBLER. _Vermivora celata lutescens._
Range.--Pacific coast, breeding from California to Alaska; winters in
Mexico.
Similar to the last but more yellowish below. They make their nests of
leaves, rootlets, moss, etc., lined with hair, and placed on the ground,
concealed by tufts of grass or by bushes. The eggs are like those of the
last. Data.--Danville, Cal., April 21, 1898. Nest on the ground on a
side hill; among weeds in the shade of a large oak.
[Illustration 391: White.]
[Illustration: Nashville Warbler. Orange-crowned Warbler.]
[Illustration: White.]
[Illustration: right hand margin.]
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646b. DUSKY WARBLER. _Vermivora celata sordida._
Range.--Santa Barbara Islands, off California.
Said to be duller colored and darker than the others. The eggs cannot be
distinguished.
647. TENNESSEE WARBLER. _Vermivora peregrina._
Range.--Eastern North America, breeding from the northern tier of
states, northward; winters to northern South America.
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