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They peer into the crevices of the bark, scrutinize each leaf, aud ex- 

 plore the very heart of the buds, to detect, drag forth, and destroy 

 those tiny creatures, singly insignificant, collectively a scourge, which 

 prey upon the hopes of the fruit-grower, and which, if undisturbed, 

 would brino; his care to naught. Some warblers flit incessantly in the 

 terminal foliage of the tallest trees; others hug close to the scored 

 trunks and gnarled boughs of the forest kings; some peep from the 

 thicket, coppice, the impenetrable mantel of shrubbery that decks tiny 

 water-courses, playing at hide-and-seek with all comers; others more 

 humble still, descend to the ground, whefe they glide with pretty 

 mincing steps and affected turning of the head this way and that, their 

 delicate flesh-tinted feet just stirring the layer of withered leaves with 

 which a past season carpeted the ground. We may seek warblers 

 everywhere in the season; we shall find them a continual surprise; all 

 mood and circumstance is theirs." 



636. Mniotilta varia (Linn.).— Black and White Creeping 



Warbler. 



West Point, Plattsmonth, Omaha, Lincoln, (L. Bruuer); "wooded sections 

 of Nebraska" (Aughey); "Summer resident, common, arrives in April and 

 May" (Taylor); "West to the Great Plains" (Goss); Omaha— breeds (L. 

 Skow); Peru, common— may breed (G. A. Coleman); Cherry county— breeds 

 (J. M. Bates); "common migrant and not uncommon summer resident and 

 breeder, arrives early in April, departs Sept. 2 to 25— G. W. Sabine saw young 

 in nest in middle of June, 1894, in northern Sarpy county — breeds about May 

 15" (I. S. Trostler). 



637. Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.). — Prothonotary Warbler. 



West Point, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Have only seen this bird a few times in 

 southeastern Nebraska" (Aughey); "summer resident, somewhat rare" (Tay- 

 lor); "North re2;ularly to Georgia, Iowa, aud Nebraska" (Goss); Omaha- 

 breeds (L. Skow); "a not uncommon summer resident, arrives May 1 to 15, 

 departs Aug. 25 to Sept. 10— breeds" (I. S. Trostler). 



639. Helmitherus vermivorus (G^/yie/.).— Worm-eating War- 

 bler. 



Omaha (F. J. Brezee); "extends to Nebraska" (Bull. No. 2, Div. Ornith.); 

 "have only seen this species in the southeastern part of the state" (Aughey); 

 " West to eastern Nebraska and Texas" (Goss); Omahi, "a rare summer resi- 

 dent, seen during July and August" (L S. Trostler). 



641. Helminthophila pinus (Xmn.).— Blue-winged Yellow 

 Warbler. 



Omaha, Weeping Water, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "southeastern part of the 

 state" (Aughey); "West to Nebraska, middle Kansas, aud Texas" (Goss); 



