The eggs, laid in the first half of June, are white marked with brown.
CERULEAN WARBLER
Dendroica rara. [Case 8], Figs. 46, 47
The adult male will be recognized at sight, but the female and young must be looked at sharply. The whitish or yellowish line over the eye, in connection with the white wing-bars make a fair field-mark. L. 4½.
Range. Nests from Texas and Alabama to Minnesota and western New York; locally from North Carolina to Delaware.
Washington, several records in May, one in fall. N. Ohio, common S.R., Apl. 29-Sept. 20. Glen Ellyn, not common, local S.R., May 8-Aug. 19. SE. Minn., rare S.R.
A tree-top Warbler of deciduous forests, nesting from 25 to 60 feet above the ground. Its song bears a marked resemblance to that of the Parula and its call-note is said to be like the tchep of the Myrtle Warbler. The white eggs, heavily blotched with brown, are laid in May.
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
Dendroica pensylvanica. [Case 8], Figs. 43, 44
Adults are distinguished by their chestnut sides, yellow crown and wing-bars, but the young are wholly different, silky white below, yellowish green above. L. 5½.
Range. Nests from northern New Jersey and, in the Alleghanies, South Carolina, north to Canada; winters in the tropics.
Washington, abundant T.V., Apl. 19-May 30; Aug. 10-Oct. 14. Ossining, tolerably common S.R., May 2-Sept. 24. Cambridge, abundant S.R., May 5-Sept. 10. N. Ohio, T.V., May 2-25. Glen Ellyn, rare S.R., common T.V., May 1-Sept. 26. SE. Minn., common S.R., May 3-Sept. 15.