SVLVICnI.IIM:- TIIK WAIilU.KKS. 



18:i 



TIkm'^'j^s vary in s!iap<' tVniii a inn.ulril tn an nlilmiiLi; (»\al. ainl in si/«» iVniii 

 .r>!» tn .7'"» n| an inch in lrn;^lli, an<l tVoni ..'»| tn .r»:l nl an iinli in l>na«ltli. 

 Tln'ir ,i,Mnnntl-(«>lnr is a «iramy-\vliitc. tn wliicli tlu' tU'cp icti niaikiiiLis ini|»art 

 an apparently pinkisli tinu<' Tlicy are njark«'il nmn- or less prnlnscly witli 

 l>ri«;lit red «lnts, pnints, and Idntilas. Tlicse \ary in nuniln*r and in distrilm- 

 tinn. In snmc tlicy arc very tine, ami j.rt' tliit'tly cnntiiHMl tn tin* lar^^fr end. 

 In ntla-rs tlicv ar»' larger, nmri' ditVusod, and nccasiniially tlirn* arc intcr- 

 nun<j:l«'d marks and ltl«)t(ln's (»t slatt-cnlnr. Tlu' t'tli-ft nf tlit'se variations 

 is, at tinu'S, to yivo tlic appfarance of j^reatcr dinVrcncrs to tlu'so i'.u'l:^ than 

 really exists, the ixround-cnlor and the shade of ihe red niarkinj^'s really pre- 

 senting hut little niodiU'-ations. 



The color of the vounu nestling's is eloselv a.ssinuhitetl to that of the 

 ohjects that usually surround the nest, and helps to conceal them. Mr. 

 r>urrou_uhs once came accidentally upon a nest with younn of this species. 

 He says: "A lUack an<l White C'reepini; Warhler suthU-nlv hecann' nnich 

 alarnurd as I appnuuhcd a cnnnhlin^ old stumj) iji a dense ]iart of the forest. 

 He alighted upon it, ehirpeil sharjdy, ran uj» and down its sides, and finally 

 left it with nuu'h reluctanee. The ui'st, which contained three younuf hirds 

 nearly tledn"d, was jdaced upon the Liroun<l at the foot of the stump, au«l in 

 such a ]»osition that tlu^ coh^r of the younu: harmonized juniectly with the 

 bits of hark, sticks, etc., lyini; ahout. My eye rested upon them for the 

 second time hefore I made them out. Thev hu'_j!ie*l the nest verv closely, 

 hut as I put down my hand they all scampered olf with loud cries for help, 

 ^yhicll caused the parent hirds to place themselves alnntst within my reach." 



Skction VERMiVORE>E. 



Gkni s PROTONOTARIA, Rairu. 



Profiiiiofun'd, H.\iui>, liinls N. Am. 18')S, •_':{".». (Tvjh-, M,>t,niUn citreu, I^onn.) 



(iKN. Char. Char.ictciizcd l»y its loiiir. distincdy notolied l>ill, and loiii; wiiiLfs, wliirh are 

 ail iiu-h li)ni,'er than the slij.ditly irradnatrd tail ;tli«! 

 latfial ffatluTs; alunit .1*2 of an inch shortt-r). The 

 uiuKt tail-coverts are very lonir. reachinij within half 

 an inch of the tip of tlu' tail. Tlu' tarsi ami hind toe 

 are proportionally lonirer than in the true Warhlcrs. 

 The notch an<l jrreat si/o of th»> hill distin<rnish it 

 from the Swamp Warhlers. Nest in holes; rjrijrs much 

 l>lot(hcd with reddish. 



The oidy Xortli American sjiocies l)elonu- 

 ing to the <^oup appears to 1x3 the old Si/hna 

 profoHotarid of (imelin. 





J^ttlonM'iria citreu, Biiird. 



