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Nashville Warbler
Adult--Head bluish gray with chestnut patch on crown; rest of upper parts light olive green; under parts light yellow; no white on any part. Length--4.77.
Breeding Range--Throughout the Northern States, from northern Illinois to Long Island, northward.
The nest is composed of leaves, strips of bark, moss, fine roots, lined with fine grass and often hair; sometimes pine needles are used almost exclusively. It is placed on the ground in open woods, in second-growth woods, and in shrubbery. The eggs are white, thinly or thickly speckled, mostly at the larger end, rarely blotched, with cinnamon brown and lilac. 3 to 5 are laid. Size--.63 x .48.
In Massachusetts the nesting season begins "about the first of June."