378 Procecdhif/s of TinJidna Acadcnnj of i^c'ience. 



Monroe County: One noted. April 28, ISSG, near Rocky Run i-oacl north of 

 Bloomington. It was on a hillside and warbling joyously. 



170. Mniotjlta vakia (Linuunis). black and white warbler. (636) 



A rare summer resident, but more common during the migrations. An 

 interesting little bird, climbing around the tree trunks after the manner 

 of & creeper. Nests on the ground in the woods, at the base of some small 

 shrub or bunch of weeds. 



Carroll founti/: 1S,S4. Ainil 2S, tirst noted and common, May 10, one 

 (■((liectcd near the New Beauty schoolhouse, Tippecanoe Township; 1885, 

 April 2(i. tirst of season .seen, on Deer Creek above Camden. 



ri(/o County: A male collected, April 26, 1888, by J. D. Collins near the 

 river north of Terre Haute: another by me May 10. 1890. at Sand Hill east 

 of Terre Haute: and a week later still another at the (Joose Pond nine miles 

 south of Terre Haute. 



Monroe County: Common: often seen on the densely wooded hillsides 

 northeast of Bloomington. 



177. Protonotaria citrea (Roddaert). golden swamp warbler. (637). 



This is to me the most beautiful and interesting of all our warblers 

 Except for one tine male collected and two females seen. May 7, 1885, at a 

 little pond near the Leonard mill east of Camden and, possibly, one in a 

 willow swamp southwest of Terre Haute in ^Nlay, 1889, I know this bird 

 only from the old Maple Swamp between Sedalia and Cutler, Carroll County 

 and just east of the Vandalia railroad. I visited this swamp on May 21 

 1883. Soon after entering the swamp I caught a glimpse of a bright-colored 

 bird as it flew from a hole in a small dead snag not far away and disap- 

 peared in a thicket near by. Soon it reappeared, evidently solicitous for its 

 treasures which were in the nest in the old snag. By short flights and 

 with much anxiety, it api)roached the snag and I saw that it was the 

 Golden Swamp ^Yarbler. Its nest contained five beautiful fresh eggs. Later 

 in the day several other nests were found which we did not molest, one 

 of four, one of three, and five or six not yet completed. They were all in 

 deserted sapsucker holes, or similar holes in small dead snags or trees and 

 four to ten feet above the water. 



In another part of the swamp were several of these liirds not .vet mated. 

 The pairing season was on, and the birds were in active courtship. Many 

 a combat between rival males was witnessed. Near the center of the 

 swamp was an acre of comparatively open water, a pond in fact, covered 

 with a thick growth of water-lilies. From the edge of this pond a couple 

 of males darted by us across the open space, then circled about the pond, 

 the one in close pursuit of the other. Often they crossed and recrossed the 

 open water, circletl around its margin, then darted ofE through the trees 

 and disappeared from view, only to return again after a time and repeat 

 the same performance. Sometimes the one was not a coward and stood his 

 ground. Then a fierce conflict occurred ; frequently they would clinch and 

 fall nearly to the water before letting loose. Then they would ascend in a 

 spiral flight far up among the tree tops, only to return promptly to the pond 



