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Range (Eastern United States breeds) (IX)

Eastern United States; breeds from Indiana and northern New Jersey north to Michigan, southern Ontario, and Vermont; south along the Alleghanies to South Carolina; winters in Central America. Washington, uncommon T. V., May 1 to 28; Aug. Sing Sing, rare S. R., May 8 to Aug. 25. Cambridge, not uncommon S. R., May 12 to Aug. 25. Nest, much like that of H. pinus, on or near the ground, in second growths or bushy fields. Eggs, four to six, white, speckled and spotted, chiefly about the larger end, with cinnamon-brown, chestnut, or umber, 62 x 50.

In their actions and choice of haunts the Golden-winged resemble the Blue-winged Warblers. Their song is of much the same quality, but the notes are all of the same kind and length, and the bird utters a rather lazy zee-zee-zee-zee, at once distinguishable from the song of pinus. 645. Helminthophila ruficapilla (Wils.). NASHVILLE WAR-