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the S> , hut with more streaks- on the under parts. l.., 5'30; \\'., 2'73; T., 202; 13. from N ‘37.

It'd/15p.ril‘iastern North Ann-rim: hreeds from the Southern States north to Fort Simpson; winters from Florida southward.

Washing-ton. ahundant 'l‘. \'.. less common S. It, .\pl. 12% to (let. 15. Sing Sing, eommon S. l{., Aid. lb to Oct. 1. Camhridge, very common 5. 1L, Apl. 25 to Sept. 5

dist. of strips ot‘ hark, grasses. eta, lined with rootlets or long: hairs, on the ground at the base of a stump, log, or reek. [Egg/s. tour to five, white, spotted and speckled with einnanion-brown to umber, ehietly in a wreath at the larger end. was x 54

None of our Warblers can be more readily identified than this con- spicuously marked creep/'2'. It is generally distributed throughout woodland, and climbs with even more agility than a true Creeper, hanging,r from the under surface of branches and twigs, and flitting actively from tree to tree al'ter apparently the most superficial exami- nation.

It is a gene ‘ally silent hird, intent on food—getting, and its thin, wiry notes, sec—see-sec-see, are not frequently uttered.

637. Protonotaria citrea. (lie/Ill.) I’koruoxo'mnr \VARBLER. AI]. 6 .V\\vhole head, neck. and under parts rieh orange, liehteron the belly"; haek greenish yellow. changing to luluish gray on the rump; wings and tail ashy' inner \re‘os of all but the middle tail—feathers white. except at the tip;

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no wingmars. All. 9 xislllllltll‘. hut the yellow is paler. the belly with more white. L, 5'50; \\'.. 2'1"); 'l‘.. 1‘5): B. from N., ‘42.

[Rang/e;—l‘lasteru United States; breeds from the Gulf States to southern Illinois and Virginia; wanders casually to Maine; winters in the tropics.

\\'ashin«;ton. ot' irregular Ia-eurrenee in summer.

Aim], of rootlets. fine twijrs, and moss. plant down or feathers. in a hole in a stuh or stump. generally of a willow tree. [Em/x. tour to six. white, thickly and rather coarsely marked distinctly and obscurely with eiunamon-hrown, ehr-stnut. or rntousrhrown, 'H‘.’ x ‘56.

This exquisite \Varliler frequents bushes and low trees—particu- larly willow Il't‘t‘S—lltlllglllg over the water. lts call-note so closely rescmhles that of a Water Thrush (Sail/r118), I have sometimes mis— taken it for that species. lts usual song, as Mr. Brewster remarks in his admirahle hiograpliy* of this species, “sounds at a distance like the call of the Solitary Sandpiper, with a syllable or two added—a simple peel. tzrrel, twee], law], given on the same key throughout. . . . Nearer at, hand. however, the resemblance is lost. and a ringing, pene- trating quality heeomes apparent in the Warbler‘s song.”

To thoroughly appreciate the l’i‘otlioiiotzii‘y"s radiant beauty. one

*linll.Nuttflru.(‘1uh.iii.187'h‘.pp. 153--m2.