CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTORY I 



PLAN OF THE WORK . I 



LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 5 



THE WOOD WARBLERS ^. , . 7 



GENERAL CHARACTERS OF WARBLERS . . . .. .... 7 



PLUMAGE OF WARBLERS -, . . . 7 



DISTRIBUTION OF WARBLERS . . . . , >. . . . n 



MIGRATION OF WARBLERS, W. W. Cooke . . . . . . . 14 



SONGS OF WARBLERS . ..",.. . . . ' -\ . . . 20 



NESTING HABITS OF WARBLERS .. ^ ..... 22 



FOOD OF WARBLERS, Edward Howe Forbush . . . . . 23 



MORTALITY AMONG WARBLERS . v _ . . *: . -. . . . 33 



THE WARBLERS OF NORTH AMERICA 37 



Genus i. MNIOTILTA 38 



1. Mniotilta varia, Black and White Warbler 38 



Genus 2. HELINAIA 43 



2. Helinaia swainsoni, Swainson's Warbler 44 



Genus 3. HELMITHEROS .48 



3. Helmitheros vermivorus, Worm-eating Warbler. . . 48 

 Genus 4. PROTONOTARIA . . . . . ' . . ' . * . 53 



4. Protonotaria citrea, Prothonotary Warbler. . . . 54 

 Genus 5. VERMIVORA . 59 



5. Vermivora chrysoptera, Golden-winged Warbler. . 60 



6. pinus, Blue-winged Warbler 65 



7- bachmani, Bachman's Warbler. ... 77 



Peregrina, Tennessee Warbler. ... 83 



9- celata celata, Orange-crowned Warbler. . 86 



9a. orestera, Rocky Mountain Orange-crown. 89 



9b. lutescens, Lutescent Warbler. ... 90 



9c. " " sordida, Dusky Warbler. .... 91 



10. rubricapilla rubricapilla, Nashville Warbler. . 92 

 ioa. gutturalis, Calaveras Warbler. . 97 



11. Virginia, Virginia's Warbler 08 



12. lucice, Lucy's Warbler. . . ... . 100 



