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Range (Eastern North America breeds) (XXXIV)

Eastern North America; breeds from the Southern States north to Fort Simpson; winters from Florida southward.

Washington, abundant T. V., less common S. R., Apl. 12 to Oct. 15. Sing Sing, common S. R., Apl. 18 to Oct. 1. Cambridge, very common S. R., Apl. 25 to Sept. 5.

Nest, of strips of bark, grasses, etc., lined with rootlets or long hairs, on the ground at the base of a stump, log, or rock. Eggs, four to five, white, spotted and speckled with cinnamon-brown to umber, chiefly in a wreath at the larger end, 68 x 54.

None of our Warblers can be more readily identified than this conspicuously marked creeper. It is generally distributed throughout woodland, and climbs with even more agility than a true Creeper, hanging from the under surface of branches and twigs, and flitting actively from tree to tree after apparently the most superficial examination. It is a generally silent bird, intent on food-getting, and its thin, wiry notes, see-see-see-see, are not frequently uttered. 637. Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.). PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. Ad. 8.-Whole head, neck, and under parts rich orange, lighter on the belly; back greenish yellow, changing to bluish gray on the rump; wings and tail ashy; inner webs of all but the middle tail-feathers white, except at the tip; no wing-bars. Ad. q. - Similar, but the yellow is paler, the belly with more white. L., 5.50; W., 2.90; T., 1.85; B. from N., 42.