THE OOLOGI8T 



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Nest and Eggs of Song Sparrow. By Arthur Farrow. 



S. W. Mo. Warblers 



The very appearnce of the warbler 

 tribe makes them appeal to me a field 

 ot study. Although my work is not 

 very well suited to the study of this 

 one tribe, I have made good progress 

 in the last three years considering 

 that I have spent almost no time in 

 hunting for Warblers alone. In 1917 

 I spent a week fishing on the Jame^i 

 River, where I found more of the vari- 

 ous Warblers than I have ever seen 

 before or after, along one half mile of 

 river bottom, willow thicket and rocky 

 hillside. 



636, Black and White Warbler— A 

 rather common visitor, arriving gen- 

 erally about April 10th to May 1st ac- 

 cording to season. Sometimes as 

 early as April 5th. Have never found 

 a nest but have seen the adult bird on 

 the nest on June 27th, July 17th and 

 several August dates. 



637, Prothonothary Warbler. One 



specimen, an adult male was seen 

 July 16th, 1917. 



638, Swanison Warbler. Seen twice, 

 August 19th and July 17th 1917. Aug- 

 ust 10th the bird seen was at Brouns 

 Spring, eleven miles east. On July 

 17th the bird seen was at James River, 

 25 miles southeast. 



639, Worm-eating Warbler. One pair 

 was seen July 18th, 1917 in the same 

 vicinity with the others. It was very 

 much agitated but we failed to locate 

 a nest or young. 



641, Blue Winged Warbler. One pair 

 was found back of an old road from 

 the river, July 17th, 1917. These also 

 were nervous from the proximity of 

 their nest but we failed to locate it 

 although we knew it was close by. 



645 and 646, the Orange Crowned 

 Warbler and the Nashville Warblers 

 are both of regular occurence along 

 streams. But without good field 

 glasses one can not distinguish be- 



