Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

MACGILLIVRAY WARBLER.

680. Oporornis tolmiei. 5½ inches.

Range.—Western North America, from British Columbia to southern California, breeding throughout its range. They are common warblers of the Pacific coast, to be found on or near the ground in thick shrubbery, where they build their nests within a few feet of the ground. This is made of grasses and shreds of vines, and lined with finer grasses and hair. Four eggs are laid, white, spotted and quite heavily marked with shades of brown (.72 × .52).