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SEVERAL INTERESTING WARBLER RECORDS FROM 

 DAWES COUNTY. 



Black-throated Green Warbler — {Dendroica vircns) — On Sej)- 

 tember 14, 1911, I took a fine male of this pretty warbler in 

 Squaw canyon, near Crawford. The bird was noted first in a 

 brush heap along the creek but flew to the low branch of an 

 overhanging willow, from which place I secured it. The species 

 is usually restricted to the more eastern parts of the state. 



Townsend Warbler — {Dendroica tozviiscndi) — On September 

 19, 1911, I was exploring the shrubbery along West Ash creek, 

 north of Squaw Mound, when I noticed a warbler which was 

 new to me. It was extremely shy and hard to approach and I 

 completel.y lost sight of it for a time, but I finally secured it 

 and foiuid it to be an adult male Townsend Warbler. This is 

 the first record of the occurrence of this western warbler in 

 Nebraska. 



MacGillivray Warbler — {Oporornis tolmici) — A single adult 

 male of this species was found and secui'ed in West Ash creek 

 canyon on September 11, 1911. This individual was moving 

 rapidly about the Avillows that margined the creek at this place 

 and was so active that I had difficulty in getting a fair shot at 

 it. Gary found this warbler as a probable breeder in Monroe 

 canyon and in the bad -lands pockets of Sioux county in the 

 summers of 1900 and 1901. 



Pileolated Warbler (Wilsonia pnsiUa pilcolata) — I found the 

 Pileolated Warbler to be one of the commonest birds and by 

 far the commonest of the Mniotiltidae in the canyons during 

 the fall migration in 1911. Usually they were to be seen in 

 the little clumps of dogwood and willow that line the creek 

 banks and roadsides, but on September 17 I saw a smgle bird 

 at the extreme summit of the ridge among the pines where it 

 was associating with a flock of Audubon Warblers. The little 

 "chib" of the Pileolated was quite characteristic, and was 

 alone enough to distinguish the little fellows from their neigh- 

 bors in the canyons. The birds were quite fearless and full of 

 curiosity and I'was able to take a number of specimens, all of 

 which are distinctly referable to this western form. 



J. T. Zimmer, Lincoln 



