i82 The Ohio Naturalist. [Vol. 11, No. 3, 



WARBLERS NESTING NEAR CINCINNATI. 



CHARIvES Dury. 



The following members of the family Mniotiltidae breed near 

 this city : 



Mniotilta varia (Xinn.), black and white creeper. I have not 

 found the nest of this species, but have seen the young just out 

 of the nest fluttering through the bushes — July. 



Helmitherus vermivorus (Gmel.), worm-eating warbler. A 

 specimen taken in June, 1877, contained an egg ready to be laid. 

 Nest not found, although diligently searched for. 



Helminthophila pinus (Linn), blue-winged yellow warbler. 

 Several nests taken in woods with much underbrush. One con- 

 taining five fresh eggs was taken May 31, 1901. Nest was on 

 the ground and composed outside of leaves, lined inside with 

 grapevine fibres. 



Dendroica aestiva (Gmel.), summer yellow bird. Many nests 

 observed — May-June. 



Dendroica ccerulea (Wils.), Caerulean warbler. June 2, 1895, 

 I found a young bird of this species that had fallen from the nest, 

 but was not able to fly. Nest was in a high tree overhead. Old 

 bird .seen. 



Dendroica dominica albilora Ridgw. , white browed warbler. 

 Have seen nests of this species, but they were so high up in 

 sycamore trees (thirty to forty feet ) that I was unable to obtain 

 them. Birds are summer residents along streams, where they 

 mostly frequent sycamore trees. 



Seiurus aurocapillus (Dinn), oven bird. Nests abundantly.. 

 Ssveral taken in May and June. 



Geothlypis formosa fWils. ), Kentucky' warbler. Nests abund- 

 antly in wooded thickets. Have seen this species and H. pinus 

 nesting in same thicket, which may explain H. cincinnatiensis. 

 A nest taken June 2, 1895, contained three young birds and twO' 

 eggs. This nest was placed in the forks of a bush near the ground, 

 composed of leaves and lined with vine fibres. Another nest, 

 June 28, 1901, contained four warbler's eggs and one of the cow- 

 bird. 



Geothlypis trichas (Linn.) , Maryland yellow throat. Nests 

 frecjuently on the ground, among thick bushes. I have one nest 

 with four eggs, dated May i, 1878 ; several sets of later dates. 



Icteria virens (Liini.), yellow-breasted chat. Nests in black- 

 berry patches. Conunon. May-June. 



These are all the warblers that I have ob.ser\-ed breeding in this, 

 locality in about thirty years. 



