76 Norman A. Wood 



found it at Medora in the thick brush of a cottonwood grove. I did not 

 see it at Williston, as the thickets and low places were flooded and could not 

 be worked. 



289. Wilsonia puMa pusilla (Wilson). Wilson's Warbler. 



JuDD, 1917, p. 27; rather rare migrant, usually seen, latter part of May. Freeman, 

 1919, p. 16; a transient visitant. 



I did not see this species in the field, but there was a mounted one in 

 the Williams Collection taken at Grafton, May 21, 1921. Mr. Reid writes 

 that three were seen on May 25, 1921, near Bismarck. 



290. Wilsonia canadettsis (Linnaeus). Canada Warbler. 

 Schmidt, 1904; Red River Valley. 



The species was not seen in the field, but I examined a mounted one in 

 the Williams Collection taken at Grafton, May 23, 1921, by Henry Williams. 



291. Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus). Redstart. 



Aelen, 187s, p. 53; quite common along the Missouri at Fort Rice, Morton 

 County, in June, 1873, where it was apparently breeding. CouES, 1878, p. 570; very 

 abundant at Pembina, where it breeds. Specimens were taken there June 2 and 3, 

 1873. Schmidt, 1904; nesting throughout the state. Judd, 1917, p. 27; common 

 migrant of prairie and summer resident of the Turtle Mountains, Graham's Island, 

 and other wooded tracts. Freeman, 1919, p. 16; common summer resident. May 14. 



I did not see this species until May 21, 192 1, at Devils Lake, where it 

 was not common as a resident or even as a migrant. 



All of the warblers are very beneficial in their food habits and destroy 

 many injurious insects. 



292. Anthus rubescens (Tunstall). Pipit. 



AlIvEn, 1875, p. 50; quite common about September near Heart River, Morton 

 County. CouES, 1878, p. 557 ; a bird of passage in spring and autumn. In September 

 they appeared in numbers along the Mouse River; one was taken there September 

 2, 1873. Hoffman, 1882, p. 398; only a few noticed after the loth of September. 

 Schmidt, 1904; rare migrant in central North Dakota. Judd, 1917, p. 27; regular 

 migrant in spring, more common in September. 



I did not see this, species in hfe, but Mr. Reid writes me that these birds 

 were quite common on Horseshoe Lake, in northeast Burleigh County, on 

 September 25, 192 1. 



293. Anthus spraguei (Audubon). Sprague's Pipit. 



Baird, 1858, p. 234; records the type (No. 1854), a female taken, 1843, at Fort 

 Union, North Dakota, by J. J. Audubon. Allen, 1875, p. 50; first observed along 

 the Heart River fifty miles west of Fort Rice, Morton County, where it was more 

 or less common. CouES, 1878, p. 558; breeding in great numbers in the prairie 

 region twenty miles west of Pembina Mountains. The first one was collected on 

 July 14, and it was seen daily to October i, 1873, at Mouse River. Hoffman, 1882, 

 p. 398; rather abundant the early part of September in grassy areas and stubble 

 fields; less numierous after the 15th and 20th. CouES. 1807. p. 41; June lo. 1843, 

 Audubon says, Harris and Bell have brought to my delight and utter astonishment 

 a new bird, a lark, small and beautiful. In a foot-note Dr. Coues says, this is the 

 first intimation we have of the discovery of the Missouri titlark which Audubon 



