. Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations. Birds. 294 BIRDS OF FENNSYLVANIA. streaks, which f-xtend from bill and enclose a golden or brownislj-orange space; white ring around eye ; beneath white ; breast and sides streaked with dusky or black. The young at first liave no stripes on top of head, and lower parts are light- dull brownish-yellow, with obscure dusky streaks. Habitat.—Eastern North America, north to Hudson's Bay territory and Alaska, breeding from Kansas, tlie Ohio Valley and Virginia, northwa
. Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations. Birds. 294 BIRDS OF FENNSYLVANIA. streaks, which f-xtend from bill and enclose a golden or brownislj-orange space; white ring around eye ; beneath white ; breast and sides streaked with dusky or black. The young at first liave no stripes on top of head, and lower parts are light- dull brownish-yellow, with obscure dusky streaks. Habitat.—Eastern North America, north to Hudson's Bay territory and Alaska, breeding from Kansas, tlie Ohio Valley and Virginia, northward. In Avinter, south- ern Florida, the West Indies and Central America. This bird is a common summer resident, arrivinf];- here generally about the 25th of April and remaining- until about the last week of Septem- ber. Occasionally, but rarely, are birds of this spc^cies observed in the southern counties after the second week of October. During- mig-rations it is often found in thickets, and occasional!}^ is seen in yards and g-ardens. 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 log or under the projecting- edg-es of brush heaps; in addition to such protections, and to further conceal its treasvu'es from the curious eyes of egg"-collectors or other predatory animals, the top is usually covered over or roofed by the birds, who g-ain an entrance throug-h an opening- in the side. The egg's, four to six, are creamy-white, spotted with reddish-brown. They measure about .80 of an inch long- and .60 of an inch wide. The sons: of this bird is exceeding- loud, shrill and monotonous. Birds of this g-enus, when walking- on the g-round, have the habit of wagg-ing- their tails like the Spotted Sandpiptn-. The Oven-bird subsists chiefly on various forms of insect life, such as bee- tles, earthworms,
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