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Mourning Warbler — Part 2
Adult male--Upper parts rather dark olive green; head, neck, and throat gray, shading into black on the breast; belly, lemon yellow.
Adult female--Less brilliant; entire upper parts greenish olive; under parts gray, lighter on the throat and shading into yellow on the belly. Length--5.63.
Breeding Range--Northern New York and New England northward, and in the mountainous regions of Pennsylvania.
The nest is composed of strips of bark, leaves, and grass, lined with fine grass and hair. It is placed in low bushes, ferns, or weeds, either on or near the ground. The eggs, 4 in number, are whitish, with dots and spots of chestnut or reddish brown, chiefly at the larger end. Size--.71 x .54.
Mr. Brewster speaks of these birds breeding in positive abundance on Mount Graylock, in western Massachusetts, but elsewhere in southern New England known only as a rare spring and still rarer autumn migrant.