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Yellow-throated Warbler
Adult--Upper parts gray; darker on the forehead; over the eye there is a white line, which changes to yellow between the eye and bill; sides of face and sides of throat black, back of which is a white patch; under parts yellow to white on the belly, and streaked on the sides with black. Length--5.25.
Breeding Range--Virginia (casually to southern New England), southward.
The nest is placed on a branch of a pine tree, or in tufts of hanging moss, at a height of eighteen feet and upwards. It is composed of twigs, bark, and Spanish moss, lined with plantdown, and sometimes feathers.
The eggs, numbering from 4 to 5, are whitish, with spots of brown and drab evenly distributed, or in a wreath at the larger end. Size--.74 x .53.
The breeding season commences towards the end of April or early in May.