98 LIFE-HISTORIES OF BIRDS 



white ground, and marked with minute spots of 

 reddish-brown which are more numerous and 

 confluent at the larger end. They measure on an 

 average .74 of an inch in length and .55 in 

 breadth. 



Helminthophaga chrysoptera y Caban. 



The Golden-winged Warbler as this species is 

 popularly called, is by no means a very common 

 migrant in eastern Pennsylvania. It arrives 

 among us during the first week of May, and 

 usually lingers until the fifteenth of the same 

 month. It is notably tame and unsuspecting, and 

 of easy approach. It is a common visitor to our 

 orchards and gardens, where it delights to glean 

 among the leaves and blossoms of the apple and 

 cherry for insect-life. It has but little preference 

 for woodland scenery. 



Among the foliage and branches ftf trees it dis- 

 plays surprising agility, and manifests many of 

 the attributes of the Titmice and Flycatchers. It, 

 however, measurably lacks the address of Parula 

 Americana. 



Whilst feeding not even a simple call-note, 

 much less a song does it essay to utter, during its 

 transient stay. 



We have discovered in the stomachs of several 

 individuals traces of Platynus cupripennis.Harpahis 

 compar, Cratonychus cinereus, Ckrysomela cceru- 

 leipennis, Formica sanguinea, Aphis mali, and 

 others of the 



