iSi)i.| LooMis 0)1 South Carolittci Bir(h. ^ '? I 



32. Mniotilta varia. Black-and-vviiite Warbler. — A very common 

 inhabitant of these mountains. 



7,2,. Helmitherus vermivorus. Worm-eating Warbler. — Along the 

 branches and on the shady hillsides and ridges, very common. Young, 

 Iiardly able to fly, were noted as late as the 29th of June. The males 

 sang on into Jul v. 



34. Helminthophila chrysoptera. Golden-winged Warbler. — De- 

 tected only at the head of the Middle Saluda where it crosses the Ca;sar's 

 Head Turnpike, at an altitude of about 2500 feet. Here a colony had 

 been establishetl in a sunny spot among the rhododendrons and kalmias 

 fringing the stream and on the adjoining bush-grown hillside. Young 

 birds were caught in the hand June 19. 



35. Compsothlypis americana. Parula Warbler. — Though not as 

 abundant as at the lower elevations, still it was common. Confined to 

 the hollows. 



36. Dendroica pensylvanica. Chestnut-sided Warbler. — This War- 

 bler is very common in this locality. It haunts the shrubbery of the 

 streams, especially in the neighborhood of borders having sun exposure. 

 Several pairs made their home in a little dell at the foot of the hotel lawn, 

 where a number of bold springs mingled their cold rock waters in a quiet 

 brooklet that meandered through rhododendron shades until it leaped 

 into the sunlight over a crag to the valley below. The young were on 

 wing the second week of June. There was no pause in the song season. 



37. Dendroica virens. Black-throated Green Warbler. — ^June 3 I 

 followed one of the long wooded ridges extending northeast from the hotel 

 to a cliff overlooking the valley of the Middle Saluda. As I stood on this 

 rocky blufl', the songs of several Black-throated Green Warblers, rising 

 above the sounil of falling water, came from the billowy green a thousand 

 feet below. This was the first intimation I had of the presence of this bird, 

 for a week spent in exploring the ground nearest to the hotel had not 

 revealed it. Several excursions were made into this valley, and these 

 Warblers were found to be common along the main stream and its tribu- 



