CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction i^ 



Order PASSERIFORMES 1 



Family Parulidae: Wood warblers 1 



Mniotilta varia: Black-and-white warbler 5 



Habits 5 



Distribution 14 



Protonotaria citrea: Prothonotary warbler 17 



Habits 17 



Distribution 28 



Limnothlypis swainsonii: Swainson's warbler 30 



Habits 30 



Distribution 37 



Helmitheros vermivoros: Worm-eating warbler 38 



Habits 38 



Distribution . 45 



Vermivora chry softer a: Golden-winged warbler 47 



Habits 47 



Distribution 56 



Vermivora pinus: Blue- winged warbler 58 



Habits 58 



Distribution 65 



Vermivora bachmanii: Bachman's warbler 67 



Habits 67 



Distribution 73 



Vermivora peregrina: Tennessee warbler 75 



Habits 75 



Distribution 86 



Vermivora celata celata: Eastern orange-crowned warbler 89 



Habits 89 



Distribution 94 



Vermivora celata orestera: Rocky Mountain orange-crowned warbler. _ 98 



Habits 98 



Vermivora celata lutescens: Lutescent orange-crowned warbler 99 



Habits 99 



Vermivora celata sordida: Dusky orange-crowned warbler 103 



Habits. _ 103 



Vermivora ruficapilla ruficapilla: Eastern Nashville warbler 105 



Habits 105 



Distribution 113 



Vermivora ruficapilla ridgwayi: Western Nashville warbler 116 



Habits 116 



Vermivora virginiae: Virginia's warbler 119 



Habits 119 



Distribution 124 



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