_Vermivora rubricapilla rubricapilla. Case 7, Fig. 33_
No wing-bars or white in the tail; adult with a
partly concealed chestnut patch in the gray crown;
eye-ring white. L. 4-3/4.
_Range._ Nests from northern Pennsylvania and
Nebraska to Canada; winters in the tropics.
Washington, uncommon T.V., Apl. 28-May 19; Sept.
5-Oct. 2. Ossining, tolerably common T.V., May
7-27; Aug. 11-Oct. 4; may breed. Cambridge, rather
common S.R., May 5-Sept. 15; abundant T.V. N.
Ohio, common T.V., Apl. 28-May 27; Sept. 1-Oct.
16. Glen Ellyn, regular T.V., Apl. 27-May 25; Aug.
20-Oct. 19. SE. Minn., common S.R., May 1-Sept.
29.
Thayer in "Warblers of North America" says that the Nashville is one of
the most agile and restless of the gleaning Warblers. It prefers
birches, but is found in rather open growths of other trees. Its
commoner song consists of a string of six or eight or more lively rapid
notes, running into a rolling twitter. It has also a flight-song.
The nest is placed on the ground; the eggs, which are laid in May or
early June, are white, spotted with reddish brown.