FAMILY Mniotilitdee. 



the puzzle resolves itself into a realization that one has 

 actually "run up against" a new bird!* There is no 

 doubt about it, quite suddenly occurs this: and 



Vivace. 



Thrice 



one cannot place it to the credit of any other Vireo than 

 the Philadelphian; Mr. Brewster describes it perfectly: " A 

 note which seems to be peculiarly its own, a very abrupt, 

 double-syllabled utterance with a rising inflection, which 

 comes in with the general song at irregular but not infre- 

 quent intervals." All things considered this Vireo's song 

 is not a difficult one to identify. 



Family Mniotiltidce 



Worm-eating 

 Warbler 



Helmitheros 

 vermivorus 

 L. 5.50 inches 

 May loth 



This is u, southern Warbler of very unusual 

 occurrence farther north than the lower 

 Hudson and Connecticut River Valleys. It 

 is not uncommon at Ossining, New York, 

 but is rarely discovered in the central and 

 western parts of the State. It is a familiar summer resi- 

 dent of Washington, D. C. The strongly black-striped 

 head makes identification easy : the upper parts are olive 

 green, the under parts creamy buff, head striped with 

 buff and black, two black bars through the eyes and two 

 on the crown, no wing-bars. Nest, built of leaves, grasses, 

 and moss, lined with softer material, situated on the 

 ground, usually hidden among ferns and small shrubbery, 

 in or near a swamp. Egg, white or creamy white flecked 

 with umber or cinnamon brown and lavender. The breed- 

 ing territory of this species is Illinois, western Pennsyl- 

 vania, southeastern New York, and southern Connecticut 



*Vidc, Bulletin of the .V uttoll Ornithological Club, Vol. V.. p. j: 

 note Mr. Brewster 's confusing experience. 



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