1034 Ketokt of State Geologist. 



arrival at Brookville (and in the State) is April 15, 1887; the lalest. 

 May 5, 1882. The earliest it has been noted in the spring at Rich- 

 mond is April 24, 1897, when it remained to May 10; the latest first 

 arrival was April 28, 1888. The following other dates give, respec- 

 tively, the earliest and latest date of first arrival: Bloomington, April 

 27, 1886; Moore's Hill, May 10, 1893; Spearsville, May 5, 1897; Peters- 

 burg, Mich., May 9, 1889, May 18, 1893, while both in 1892 and 1893 

 it was noted until May 25; Terre Haute, May 3, 1890; Sedan, April 

 29, 1896-7, May 8, 1892. I have usually found them in more open 

 sugar woods, where they generally kept high in the trees. Mr. Wal- 

 lace, while he generally finds them in the tree tops, has taken it in an 

 orchard, and once in an open blackberry patch. Mr. J. A. Allen says: 

 "Its song so much resembles that of the Chestnut Warbler that it 

 might readily be mistalven." Minot says it sounds like, "wee-see-wee- 

 see, wit-a-ivit-a-wit." The first part of this reminds one of the song 

 of the Black and White Warbler. To me, the song has a peculiar, 

 vibratory, wheezy sound that recalls some of the peculiar sounds of 

 other members of the family. It has not been reported as nesting in 

 Indiana, but it is given by Mr. Nelson as breeding in northeastern 

 Illinois, and Mr. Philo W. Smith, Jr., records its breeding in Fulton 

 County, 111. (Bay State Oologist, Vol. I., May, 1888, p. 44). 



Like the other members of this genus, it is a great insect eater, 

 busily searching among the foliage of the trees it frequents. Two 

 specimens contained 4 small caterpillars and a few fragments of 

 insects (Prof. King, Geol, of Wis,, p. 500). 



260. (646). Helminthophila celata (Say.). 



Orange-crowned Warbler. 



Adult Male. — Above, olive-green, dulled with ashy, brighter on the 

 rump; a concealed patch of orange-rufous on the croAvn; yellowish ring 

 around eye; wing, without wliite markings: inner webs of tail feathers, 

 with white edgings; below, whitish washed with yellowish and ashy. 

 Adult Female. — Orange and rufous crown, less distinct or wanting; 

 tail feathers, with no white. Immature. — Lacking the orange-rufous 

 crown patch; wings, with two whitish bars; ring around eye, white. 



Length, 4.60-5.30; wing, 2.31-2.52; tail, 1.92-2.10. 



Range. — North America, from Mexico northward over eastern 

 United States, Rocky Mountains to mouth of Yukon and Mackenzie 

 River; rare north of Virginia, east of Alleghany Mountains. Breeds 

 from Utah north through Rocky Mountains. Winters south of United 

 States. 



