LAND BIRDS. 



579 



j. A bright yellow stripe from bill over and 

 behind the eye, interrupting the black 

 " mask. " Kentucky Warbler. No. 290. 

 jj. No yellow about the eye, black mask con- 

 tinuous. Maryland Yellowthroat. No. 

 293. 

 hh. No black on forehead or crown, k, kk. 



k. Large; entire upper parts olive, no rust-brown on 



head. Yellow-breasted Chat. No. 294. 

 kk. Small; back olive, head ash-gray, crown with a 

 patch of rust-brown feathers. Nashville 

 Warbler. No. 266. 

 ee. Under parts not clear yellow. 1, 11. 



1; Under parts somewhat yellow, m, mm. 



m. Under parts yellowish white, upper parts yellowish 

 green, no orange-brown on crown. Tennessee 

 Warbler. No. 268. 

 mm. Under parts and upper parts yellowish green, an 

 orange-brown patch on the crown. Orange- 

 crowned Warbler. No. 267. 

 11. Under parts yellowish brown or buff, top of head with four 

 sharp black stripes and three buffy stripes. Worm- 

 eating Warbler. No. 263. 



261. Black and White Warbler. Mniotilta varia (Linn.). (636) 



Synonyms: Black and White Creeper, ]51ack and White Creeping Warbler, Creeping 

 Warbler, Striped Warbler. — Motacilla varia, Linn., 1766. — Sylvia varia, Bonap., Nutt. 

 — Certhia varia, Vieill., 1807, And., 1831.— Mniotilta varia, Vieill., 1818, Aud., 1839, Nutt., 

 1840, and most recent authors. — Certhia maculata, W^ils., 1811. 



Figure 135. 



Size of a Canaiy and streaked and spotted everywhere with black and 

 white; a white stripe through the middle of the crown. 



Distribution. — Eastern United States to the Plains, north to Fort 

 Simpson, south, in winter, through Central America and the West Indies 

 to Venezuela and Colombia. Breeds from Virginia and southern Kansas 

 northward, and winters from Florida and the Gulf States southward. 



The Black and White Creeper, as we prefer to call it, is a common migrant 

 throughout the entire state and a summer resident in most sections, but 

 nuich more commonly in the northern part of the 

 state. It arrives from the south with great regularity 

 during the last days of April and the first week in 

 May. During twelve years of o])servation at Peters- 

 burg, Monroe county, the earliest spring arrival was 

 April 22, 1885 and the latest May 9, 1898. At Bay 

 City the range was from April 28, 1897 to May 8, 



1898, while at Sault Ste. Marie it was recorded May 13, 



1899, and at Palmer, Marquette county. May 20, 

 1894 and May 7, 1895. The southward migration 

 is not as well recorded, l)Ut the greater ])art of the movement takes place 

 in September, specimens having been killed at Prcsque Isle Light, Lake 



Fij;. i;{5. Black and White 

 Warliler. From Hoff- 

 man's Guide. Iloiiehton, 

 Mifflin & Co. 



