[Illustration 407: Dull white.] [Illustration: Creamy white.] [Illustration: Pine Warblers. Palm Warblers.] [Illustration: deco.] [Illustration: right hand margin.] Page 406 [Illustration 408: C. A. Reed. PRAIRIE WARBLER NEST.] Page 407 673. PRAIRIE WARBLER. _Dendroica discolor._ Range.--Eastern United States, breeding from the Gulf to Massachusetts and Ontario; winters in southern Florida and the West Indies. A species readily recognized by its bright yellow underparts and the black stripes on the face and sides; several bright chestnut spots are in the middle of the greenish back. These birds will be found on dry scrubby hillsides and valleys, where they nest in low bushes, and the male will be found in the tops of the tallest lookout trees delivering his quaint and very peculiar lisping song. Their nests are handsomely made of vegetable fibres and grasses, closely woven together and lined with hair; this structure is placed in the top of low bushes so that it is well concealed by the upper foliage. Their three to five eggs are whitish, specked and spotted with shades of brown and neutral tints; size .64 × .48. Data.--Worcester, Mass., June 23, 1891. Nest in the top of a young walnut, two feet from ground; made of plant fibres and grasses. Four eggs. 674. OVEN-BIRD. _Seiurus aurocapillus._ Range.--North America east of the Rockies, breeding from the middle portions of the United States, north to Labrador and Alaska. Winters from the Gulf States southward. This species is fully as often known as the Golden-crowned Thrush, because of its brownish orange crown bordered with black. They are woodland birds exclusively and nest on the ground, arching the top over with rootlets or leaves, the nest proper being made of grasses and leaf skeletons. As they are concealed so effectually, the nests are usually found by flushing the bird. The four to six eggs are white, slightly glossy and spotted, blotched or wreathed with reddish brown and lilac; size .80 × .60. Data.--Old Saybrook, Conn., June 19, 1899. Domed nest with a side entrance on the ground in woods. [Illustration 409: Whitish.] [Illustration: Prairie Warblers. Oven-bird.] [Illustration: White.] [Illustration: deco.] [Illustration: right hand margin.] Page 408 [Illustration 410: C. A. Reed. ARCHED NEST OF OVEN-BIRD.] [Illustration: J. B. Canfield. NEST AND EGGS OF LOUISIANA WATER-THRUSH.] Page 409 675. WATER-THRUSH. _Seiurus novebora censis noveboracensis._ Range.--Eastern North America, breeding from northern United States north to Hudson Bay and Newfoundland. Winters from the Gulf to South America.