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Range (Eastern North America breeds) (XXXX)

Eastern North America; breeds from northern Michigan and northern New England to Hudson Bay and southward along the crests of the Alleghanies to Pennsylvania; winters in Central America. Washington, common T. V., Apl. 28 to May 30; Aug. 15 to Oct. 10. Sing Sing, common T. V., May 9 to 28; Aug. 13 to Oct. 11. Cambridge, common T. V., May 12 to 25; Sept. 20 to Oct. 5.

Nest, of fine twigs, leaf stems, etc., lined with hairlike rootlets, in coniferous trees, usually three to six feet up. Eggs, three to five, white, marked with cinnamon- and olive-brown, chiefly in a wreath about the larger end, 66 x 48.

Adult Magnolia Warblers are so distinctly marked that ordinarily they may be identified at sight. Immature birds are less strikingly colored, but in any plumage the species may be known by having the white tail-spots nearer the middle than the ends of the feathers. Seen from below, the birds thus appear to have a white tail broadly banded with black.

The Magnolia's summer home is among the spruces and hemlocks. Its song, which is of somewhat the same character as that of the Yellow Warbler, is described by Mr. Langille as "a loud, clear whistle, WOOD WARBLERS. which may be imitated by the syllables chee-to, chee-to, chee-tee-ee, uttered rapidly and ending in the falling inflection. 658. Dendroica cærulea (Wils.). CERULEAN WARBLER. Ad. 8. -Upper parts bright blue, the sides of head and back streaked with black; wings and tail edged with blue; two white wing-bars; inner vanes of all but the central tail-feathers with white patches at their tips; under parts white, a bluish black band across the breast; sides streaked with bluish black. Ad. .-Upper parts bluish olive-green: wings and tail as in the 8; under parts white, generally more or less tinged with pale yellow. Im. - Similar to ad. 9, but yellower. L., 4.50; W., 2.65; B. from N., 31.