BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 179 



Family SYLVICOLID^. 



Subfamily SYLVICOLIN^. 



Genus Mniotilta, Vieill. 



12. Mniotilta varia, (Linn.) Vieil. Black and White Creeping Warbler. 



Motacilla vaiia, Liuu. 



Certhia varia, Vieil., Aud. 



Mniotilta varia, Vieil., Bp.,*Ord., Aud., and of later writers. 



iSylvia varia, Bp. 



Sylvicola varia, Rich. 



Certhia macidata, Wils. 



Mniotilta borealis, Nutt. 



M. raria var. longirostris, Bd. 



Length, 5 inches; wing, 2.85; tail, 2.25. 



Hab. — Eastern North America, north to fur countries in summer j 

 south to Mexico, Central America, and West Indies ; west to Kansas 

 and Missouri as high as Fort Pierre (Hayden) ; Bermuda (Cones). 



In October, 1841), one example of this neat little warbler was shot at 

 St. George's, and two or three more seen between that town and Ham- 

 ilton. One was obtained at Ireland Island on October 27, 1852. Mr. 

 J. M. Jones shot one in Devonshire Marsh in January, 1871. I found 

 them quite common in the autumn of 1874 and winter succeeding it, 

 and obtained several specimens, chiedy in the tall cedars of Devonshire 

 Swamp and around Hungry Bay. This bird was one of my especial 

 favorites, and I used to sit for hours watching its quick and graceful 

 motions, and its dexterity in capturing insects. Its mode of "register- 

 ing" branch after branch, commencing at the bottom and ending at the 

 outermost twigs, is very like that of the Titmice. 



Mr. Bartrara informs me that he shot a specimen in good plumage on 

 the 4th May, 1878. This must have been a spring visitor on its north- 

 ward journey, I imagine. 



Genus Parula, Bp. 



13. Parula americana, (Linn.) Bp. Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. 



Partis americanus, Linn. 



Motacilla americana, Gni. 



Si/lvia americana. Lath., Ord. 



Sylvicola americana Ord. Woodh. 



Parula americana, Bp., Gosse, Bd., Hayd., and late writers. 



Ficedula ludoviciana, Brms. 



Motacilla ludoviciana, Gra. 



Motacilla eques, Boddaert. 



Sylvia torquata, Vieil. 



Sylvia pusilla, Wils. 



Sylvicola pusilla, Sw. 



