_Dendroica virens virens. Case 6, Fig. 62_
The female has a yellow throat and a band of black
spots on the breast, but both sexes may be known
by the yellow cheeks and the large amount of white
in the tail. L. 5.
_Range._ Nests from Long Island and northern Ohio
north to Canada and south in the Alleghanies to
Georgia.
Washington, very common T.V., Apl. 22-May 30; Aug.
26-Oct. 21. Ossining, common T.V., Apl. 30-June 3;
Sept. 1-Oct. 26; a few breed. Cambridge, abundant
S.R., May 1-Oct. 15. N. Ohio, common T.V., Apl.
25-May 24; Sept. 1-Oct. 16; a few breed. Glen
Ellyn, common T.V., Apl. 29-June 6; Aug. 22-Oct.
12. SE. Minn., common T.V., uncommon S.R., Apl.
29-Sept. 22.
The quiet little _zee-zee, zee-ee-zee_ of the Black-throated Green
announces the arrival of the vanguard of true Wood Warblers, which for
the succeeding two weeks will pass in countless numbers through our
woodlands, still almost leafless. At this time we may find him wherever
trees grow, but his real summer home is coniferous forests, especially
of hemlocks, in which he often builds his nests 15-20 feet above the
ground. The eggs, laid in late May or early June, are white spotted and
speckled with brown.
A southern form of this Warbler (_D. v. waynei_) has been described from
the vicinity of Charleston, S.C.