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ground, composed of fine grasses, moss, and bits of hornets' nests, interwoven 

 with spider-webs, and twined with soft fine strippings from plants, the out- 

 side sparingly dotted with lichens. Eggs, four or five; .60x.47; cream white, 

 with a few reddish spots, chiefly at large end; in form oval. 



B. 200. R. 99. C. 124. G. 45. U. 659. 

 284. Dendroica pensylvanica (Linn.). Chestnut-sided Warbler. Migratory; 

 rare. Taken at Leavenworth in May, 1871, by Prof. J. A. Allen, and near To- 

 peka, May 2d, 1873, by Prof. E. A. Popenoe. May nest in the State. 



B. 202. R. 101. C. 122. G. 46. U. 661. 

 286. Dendroica striata (Forst.). Black-poll Warbler. Migratory; common. 

 Arrive the first of May. 



B. 196. R. 102. C. 121. G. 47. U. 662. 



286. Dendroica blackburniae (Gmel.). Blackburnian Warbler. Migratory; 

 very rare. Specimen shot at Leavenworth, May 4th, 1881, by Prof. J. A. 

 Allen. 



B. — . R. 103a. C. 130. G. 48. U. 663a.. 



287. Dendroica dominica albilora Baibd. Sycamore W\irbler. Summer res- 

 ident; rare. Arrive the last of April to first of May. Begin laying the last 

 of May. Nest in the trees and bushes, composed of mosses and lichens, and 

 lined with fine, soft, fibrous strippings from plants. Eggs, four; .70x.52; 

 white, spotted with purple and brown; aggregating at and often forming a 

 wreath around large end; in form oval. 



B. 189. R. 107. C. 112. G. 49. U. 667. 



288. Dendroica virens (Gmel.). Black-throated Green Warbler. Migratory; 

 rare. Arrive. the first of May. 



B. 198. R. 111. C. 134. G. 50. U. 671. 



289. Dendroica vigorsii (Aud.). Pine Warbler. Migratory; rare. Arrive the 

 first of May. Probably breed in the State. 



B. 208. R. 113. C. 132. G. 51. U. 672. 



290. Dendroica palmarum (Gmel.). Palm Warbler. Migratory; rare. Arrive 

 the first of May. 



B. 210. R. 114. C. 127. G. 52. U. 673. 



291. Dendroica discolor (Vieill.). Prairie Warbler. Summer resident; rare. 

 Arrive the last of April to first of May. Begin laying the last of May. Nest 

 in bushes and on lower branches of trees in open or thinly-wooded lands, two 

 to eight feet from the ground, placed in upright forks of the twig-like branches, 

 made of leaves and strippings from plants, and lined with hair-like rootlets. 

 Eggs, four or five; .67x.49; white, thinly spotted with lilac, purple and brown; 

 in form oval. 



Genus SEIURUS Swainson. 



B. 186. R. 115. C. 135. G. 53. U. 674. 



292. Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.). Oven-bird. Summer resident; common. 

 Arrive about the first of May. Begin laying about the middle of May. Nest 

 on the ground, generally a depression among the leaves, and hidden under a 

 low bush, log or overhanging roots; when in an open space, roofed over; a 



