THE BIRD BOOK 



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637. Prothonotary Warbler. Prothon- 

 otaria citrea. 



Range. — South Atlantic and Gulf States, 

 north in the interior to Iowa and Illinois. 



This species is often known 

 as the Golden Swamp Warb- 

 ler because of the rich golden 

 yellow of the head and under- 

 pays. They frequent and 

 nest in the vicinity of swamps 

 or ponds, nesting in the cavi- 

 ties of trees or stubs at low Creamy white 

 elevations, filling the cavity with leaves, moss 

 and grasses, neatly cupped to receive the four 

 to seven eggs, which are creamy or pinkish 

 white, profusely spotted with reddish brown 

 and chestnut. Size .72 x .55. Data. — Quincy, 

 Mo., June 1, 1897. 5 eggs. Nest in hole of 

 a dead stub 6 feet up, in timber some distance 

 from water; made of moss and grasses, lined 

 with hair. 



Prothonotary Warbler 



638. Swainson's Warbler. Helinaia 

 swainsoni. 



Range.— South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States, north to Virginia and In- 

 diana, and west to eastern Texas; 

 winters in Mexico and the West 

 Indies. 



This species is brownish above 

 ... . . and white below, with a whitish 



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superciliary stripe. It has been 

 found breeding most numerously in thickets and 

 tangled underbush about swamps and pools in 

 any locality. Their nests are either in bushes or 

 attached to upright rushes over water after the 

 manner of the Long-billed Marsh Wren, being 

 made of leaves, moss, rootlets, etc., lined with fine 

 grasses or hair, and deeply cupped for the recep- 

 tion of the three or four unmarked white or blui.di 

 white eggs which are laid during May or June. 

 Size .75 x .58. Data. — Near Charlestown, S. C, 

 May 12, 1888, 3 eggs. Nest in canes 4 feet from 

 ground, made of strips of rushes, sweet gum and 

 water oak leaves, lined with pine needles. 



639. Worm-eating Warbler. 



Helmitheros vermivorus. 



Range. — United States east of the 

 Plains, breeding north to southern 

 New England and Illinois; winters 

 south of our borders. 



This bird can be identified in all 

 plumages by the three light bull 

 and two black stripes on the crown White 



and narrower black stripes through the eye. Their 

 habits are similar to those of the Oven-bird, they 



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