. Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations. Birds. 294 BUWS OF FENNSYLVANIA. ' I I* streaks, which oxtend from bill and enclose a golden or brownish-oranj^e space; white ring around eye ; beneath white ; breast and sides streaked with dusky or black. The young at tirst have no stripes on top of head, and lower parts are light- dull brownish-yellow, with obscure dusky streaks. i/rt6i««<.—Eastern North America, north to Hudson's Ba^'territory and Alaska, breeding from Kansas, tlie Ohio Valley and Virginia
. Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations. Birds. 294 BUWS OF FENNSYLVANIA. ' I I* streaks, which oxtend from bill and enclose a golden or brownish-oranj^e space; white ring around eye ; beneath white ; breast and sides streaked with dusky or black. The young at tirst have no stripes on top of head, and lower parts are light- dull brownish-yellow, with obscure dusky streaks. i/rt6i««<.—Eastern North America, north to Hudson's Ba^'territory and Alaska, breeding from Kansas, tlie Ohio Valley and Virginia, northward. In winter, south- ern Florida, the West Indies and Central America. This bird is a common summer resident, arriving^ here g-enerally a])out the 25th of April and remaining until about the last week of Septem- ber. Occasionally, but rarely, are birds of this species observed in the southern counties after the second week of October. Durinf^r mij^rations it is often found in thickets, and occasionally is seen in yards and gardens. In the summer months it rarely is observed to leave its favorite retreats in dark and unfrequented localities in forests. The Oven-bird very care- fully hides its rather bulky and loosely built nest in old leaves, by the side of a lo^^f or under the projecting edges of brush heaps; in addition to such protections, and to further conceal its treasures from the curious eyes of egg-collectors or other predatory animals, the top is usually covered over or roofed by the birds, who gain an entrance through an opening in the side. The eggs, four to six, are creamy-white, spotted with reddish-brown. They measure about .80 of an inch long and .60 of an inch wdde. The song of this bird is exceeding loud, shrill and monotonous. Birds of this genus, when walking on the ground, have the habit of wagging their tails like the Spotted Sandpiper. The Oven-bird subsists chiefly on various forms of insect life, such as bee- tles, earthworms, crickets, fli
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