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the latter part of September. The Black and White Warbler has 

 been found nesting in a few restricted localities in Towa, but it is 

 not generally found in summer. 



County records : Blackhawk — "known to breed .sparingly in 

 Liim and Blackhawk counties" (Peck). Franklin— "summer res- 

 ident and migrant: fairly common" (Shoemaker). Henry — "com- 

 mon summer resident' ' (W. (x. Savage). Lee — "migrant, not com- 

 mon; rare summer resident. June 4, 1901, nest and eggs found 

 by myself, four miles west of Keokuk, is the only one I eversaw 

 in that locality" (Currier). Linn-^"I have seen it several times 

 in June and July and last year saw one feeding young" (Berry). 

 Scott — "the bulk go further north, but a few must breed here, 

 for although I have never found a nest, I have seen both male 

 and female birds during the summer" (Wilson). Polk — "at Des 

 Moines has been observed in June'and July and consequently may 

 be regarded as a summer resident, but not a common one" (Keyes 

 and Williams, Birds of Iowa, p. 151). Van Buren — "a very com- 

 mon summer resident of Van Buren and Henry counties. The 

 last week in May, 1S96, I found one nest on a hillside on the 

 ground, protected by a small bush, burrowed deep down in old 

 leaves, open at the top, but very small entrance; compo.sed of verj- 

 fine grass stems and cowtail hair" (W. G. Savage). Woodbury — 

 "uncommon summer resident. I am ashamed to find that I made 

 no note of the date. .1 noticed a pair that undoubtedly had a nest 

 near. It was in early spring" (Rich). Winneshiek — "rare sum- 

 mer resident, oftenest observed in August" (Smith). In Winne- 

 bago, Hancock, and Johnson counties I have observed the species 

 regularly, but only as migrants. 



Genus Protonotaria Baird. 

 289. (637). Protonotaria citrca (Bodd.). Prothonotary Warbler. 

 The Prothonotary Warbler is a beautiful golden-j-ellow species, 

 frequenting wooded swamps and river bottoms and nesting in 

 holes and cavities in stumps and dead trees. It is a bird of south- 

 ern distribution and is only tolerably common along the bottom 

 lands of the larger rivers in southern Iowa, It reaches to about 

 its northern limit on the Iowa River in Johnson county, on the 

 Cedar River in Blackhawk county (Peck), and the Des Moines 

 River in Webster county (Somes). Dr. Trostler reports it as a 



