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'■'263. Dendroica vigorsii {And.). Pine Warbler; Pine-creepinp, Warbler. 



Rare migrant; rare summer resident. So far as I know has been noted only 

 iu April and October in the southern part of the State. "Summer resident," 

 Laporte County ( J. W. Byrkit). Mr. Nelson found it breeding rarely iu North- 

 eastern Illinois ( Birdn of N. E. Ills, p. 100). Also, in Lake County, Ind., he 

 found both old and young ( Birds of Ind., p. 108). Mr. Ridgway informs me of 

 iia breeding in Knox and Gibson counties. In the southeastern part of the >State 

 they are found in spiing as sugar maples are blossoming and frequent these trees, 

 climbing about them after the manner of a Creeper. They depart by the time 

 other warblers become common. In autumn they remain until mid-October (Oc- 

 tober 15, Richmond, Ind.— DeWitt). 



264. Dendroica palmarum I ffmfJ.). Palm Warbler; Yellow Red-poll Warbler. 

 Migrant, ,iu some localities reported common. In the lower Whitewater 



valley I have never found it very common. They arrive in that vicinity about 

 April 20 and leave by May 5th or 6th; in autumn they appear in mid-September 

 and remain sometimes until October 13. In the western and northern part of the 

 State tlipy appear to be more common. 



265. Dendroica discolor < Viei'l.). Prairie Warbler. 



Rare migrant. It has been noted by Mr. Robert Ridgway, from Knox and 

 Gibson counties, where be seems doubtful whether it breeds or not. The late Mr. C' 

 H. Bollman found a specimen in Monroe County April 26, 1885. So far as I know 

 these are the only Indiana records. Mr. Ridgway notes it as "one of the least 

 common species" in Illinois (Bull. III. State Lab. Nat. Hist. No. 4, p. 175). 

 Dr. A. W. Brayton informs me of its occurrence at London, Ky., June, 1878. Mr. 

 C. W. Beckham also notes it from Kentucky. Dr. Langdon gives it as a rare 

 migrant in the vicinity of Cincinnati in May ( Reviped List, Journ. Cin. See. 

 Nat. Hist., .Ian., 1879, p. 6). I have never been fortunate enough to find it in the 

 Whitewater valley. 



Genus SEIURUS Swainson. 

 ■266. Seiurus aurocapillus ( /.i«tt.>. Golden-crowned Tiirish ; Oven-Bird. 



Head of Golilen-crowne<l Thrush, nnt. size. 



Abundant summer resident; breeds. Friquents the woodlands overgrown 

 with underbrush, where its loud peculiar call will be noticed by even the casual 

 observer throughout late April and May. Very abundant among the hills of 

 Southern Indiana. This and the Worm eating Warblers frequent similar locali- 

 ties, and while each is taken for the other by persons unfamiliar with the two 

 forms, in the localities I have explored I have found the latter the most numerous. 

 In Southern Indiana they arrive April 17 to 25 and are, after a few days, common. 

 They pair some years by May 1st, and I have found the nest with set of eggs May 

 13th. They leave for the South late in September. I have never found them after 

 October 1st. 



