_Oporornis formosus. Case 8, Fig. 52_
A yellow line from the bill around the eye; crown
blackish; no white on wings or tail. L. 5-1/2.
_Range._ Nests from Georgia and Texas to southern
Wisconsin and the lower Hudson Valley; winters in
the tropics.
Washington, not very uncommon S.R., Apl. 29-Sept.
2. Ossining, common S.R., May 2-Aug. 27. N. Ohio,
rare, Apl. 27 and May 12.
Wet woodland with luxuriant undergrowth of bushes, ferns and skunk
cabbage are the favorite haunts of this sweet-voiced Warbler, and its
nest is usually built among vegetation of this character. Its freely
uttered song is a loud, clear two-syllabled whistle, in tone like the
voice of the Carolina Wren or Cardinal. Its 4-5 eggs, laid in late May
or early June, are white, speckled chiefly about the larger end with
shades of brown.