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dense tliat I was oblitred to stoop and crawl along in 

 order to make any progress, 1 came at last to a little open 

 place where I could stand erect. Hardly had I straight- 

 ened up when I caught sight of a Northern Parula Warbler 

 only a few feet away, where it was flitting about in a 

 low plum tree. Since Northern Parula Warblers are by 

 no means of common occurrence in Nebraska, especially in 

 the sandhill region, I secured this one, which proved to 

 be an adult male. 



Ii8. Doidroica acstiva (Gmelin) — Yellow Warbler. 



Yellow Warblers were common in the spring and fall 

 migrations and a few were observed from time to time 

 along the river throughout the summer. Possibly the 

 species breeds sparingly in the region although I cannot be 

 sure of this iu the absence of the definite discovery of a 

 nest. 



119. Dendroica coronata (Linnaeus) ^Myrtle Warbler. 



I saw and watched a Myrtle Warbler on May 15, 1912, 

 as it hunted insects among the willows on a little sand- 

 bar island in the Loup. The species cannot be considered 

 as very common here, although it may be more or less 

 regular. F. ]\I. Chapman reports it earlier in May than 

 my own notes record it. 



120. Dendroica andnboni (J. K. Townseud) — Audubon Warbler. 



On Ma}^ 15, 1912, I saw what I at first took to be an- 

 other Myrtle Warbler, among the taller trees growing 

 against the first range of hills. A second glance proved 

 my error, for the bird had a yellow throat, and I knew 

 it then to be an Audubon. I secured it and it proved 

 to be a male. The occurrence of the Audubon Warbler 

 here is not entirely acidental, for it breeds not far to the 

 westward and spreads eastward during migrations, at 

 which time it has been recorded from Lincoln. Occasion- 

 ally the species wanders far from its normal range, and 

 has been found even as far east as Massachusetts and 

 Pennsylvania. 



121. Dendroica striata' (J. R. Forster) — Black-poll Warbler. 



Migrating individiuils of this warbler were seen on May 

 16, 22, and 25, 1912, in the ''woodland" at the base of the 

 hills and along the river. I saw no birds in the fall, nor 

 had I found it during the preceding year. F. M. Chapman 

 noted the species in early May, 1906. 



