Home › R › Range (Breeds in the interior) (III)

Range (Breeds in the interior) (III)

Breeds in the interior of British Columbia, and as far north as the "Yukon and Mackenzie River districts, and southward through the Rocky Mountains; winters in the South Atlantic and Gulf States and Mexico."

Washington, casual T. V., one instance, Oct. Sing Sing, A. V. Cambridge, rare T. V., in fall, Sept. 30; Oct. 2. Nest, of leaves and fine grasses, on or near the ground. Eggs, four to five, white, with specks or spots of cinnamon-brown or rufous, more numerous at the larger end, 63 x 49.

Orange-crowned Warblers are rare in the North Atlantic States. In Florida, where they are common in the winter, they evidently prefer the densely foliaged live and water oaks. Their sharp chip is sufficiently characteristic to be recognized after one has become thoroughly familiar with it. Their song, which I have never heard, is described by Colonel Goss as consisting of "a few sweet trills uttered in a spirited manner, and abruptly ending on a rising scale." 647. Helminthophila peregrina (Wils.). TENNESSEE WARBLER. (See Fig. 53, a.) Ad. 8. -Top and sides of the head bluish gray, sharply defined from the bright olive-green back and rump; wings and tail edged with olive-green; no white wing-bars; inner margin of inner vane of outer tailfeathers generally white at the tip; under parts white, sometimes tinged with yellow. Ad. 2.-Similar, but crown tinged with greenish and under parts washed with yellowish. Im.- Upper parts uniform olive-green; under parts washed with yellowish; under tail-coverts white. L., 5.00; W., 2.63; T., 1.69; B. from N., 32.