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Remarks (Chestnut-rufous patch)

The chestnut-rufous patch in the back at once identifies the adults; but the young are puzzling birds, to be known chiefly by their small size, absence of wing-bars and streaks on the sides. Range.-Eastern United States; breeds from Florida to Michigan and Massachusetts; winters from southern Florida southward. Washington, very common S. R., Apl. 20 to Sept. Sing Sing, rare S. R., May 2 to Sept. 14. Cambridge, locally common S. R., May 8 to Sept. 15. Nest, of plant fibers and plant down, lined with rootlets and long hairs, in briary bushes. Eggs, four to five, white, spotted distinctly and obscurely with cinnamon- or olive-brown, or chestnut, chiefly in a wreath at the larger end, *64 x 48.

The Yellow, Palm, and Prairie Warblers are the three "Wood Warblers" that are rarely found in the woods. The latter, however, differs decidedly in habits from either of the former. It is a rather retiring inhabitant of scrubby clearings, bushy fields, and pastures, or thickets of young pines and cedars. But while the Prairie, if silent, might readily escape observation, no one with an ear for bird music will pass within sound of a singing bird without at least trying to solve the mystery of its peculiar notes, a series of six or seven quickly repeated zees, the next to the last one the highest. 674. Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.). OVEN-BIRD; GOLDEN-CROWNED