GLEANINGS. 605 



Swainson's Warbler (Helmitherus swainsont) belongs to 

 the South Atlantic States, and is very rare. Some 6.00 long, 

 bill, long, stout and pointed, tail, short and slightly rounded, 

 it is brown above and buffy below, with a whitish eye-brow. 

 It has no distinct markings on the head. 



Bachman's Warbler (Helminthophaga bachmani), 4.50 long, 

 yellowish-green above, ashy on crown; forehead and under 

 parts, bright yellow; mark across the crown, throat and 

 upper breast, black; two outer tail feathers marked with 

 white. The one obtained near Charleston, South Carolina, 

 and reported by Audubon, was the only one known, until 

 the case of nidification, discovered by the late Dr. Wilson, 

 of Georgia, some time between 1853 and 1865, and recently 

 reported by H. B. Baily. (See the Nuttall Bulletin, Jan., 

 1883.) 



. The Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendrceca dominica), some 

 5.25 long and 8.25 in extent, is slaty-blue above; the 

 crown and sides of the head, black, the latter marked with 

 white; the throat and upper part of the breast, bright yel- 

 low. The bill is long and slightly curved, and the species 

 has much the habits of the Creepers. It is a southern 

 species, wintering in Florida and beyond, and migrating 

 into Virginia. 



The Yellow Red-poll Warbler (Dendrceca palmaruni], 

 about 5.56 long and 7 77 in extent, is yellowish-olive 

 above, brownish on the wings and tail; the latter marked 

 with white; crown, chestnut; the breast and sides marked 

 with dark red. The female is a little less strongly colored 

 and marked. Wintering in the Southern States and in the 

 West Indies, it reaches New England already in April, 

 breeding from Northern New England and Nova Scotia to 

 Hudson's Bay. The nest is on the ground; the eggs, .67 X 

 .54, being dull white, marked with pale brown. 



