WOOD W All 15 I.I ;;i., 



should float quietly in a ean<o past its haunts. Its color shows to best 

 advantage nptin*t the .lark background of it* hme, and its every 

 movement is a delight to tht* >. 



638. Helinai* waiaaonii At>l. SWAIKBOX'B WARHLER. 



Cp'wn i-innuiii'>ii brown; u whitinh line over the eve ; )>u<-k, rump, wing*, and 

 tail olive tfruvi.-h IT-.WII without white; un.ler part* w.ile.l yellow i*u white, 

 gray, 15. In .in N., 46. 



Kamyt. Southern I'nit. .1 State*, north to North Carolina and MuMouri; 

 nouth in winter t<> tin- tr 



.all v <>f l.-uvwi, lined with pine needle* and rootlet*, in hunhcn, 

 cane*, pulmett.*, un<I .liim|> t \ in.-., fp.m three to ten feet above the jrruiul 

 or surface of the wiitcr. t.'w, three t> four, white, with a fuint l>luih linjjr, 

 75 x . 



The history of Swuinson's Warbler is very similar to that of Baoh- 

 nian's \Varhh-r. It was dis<-.>vcn-il by Dr. liachinan near Charl(-.tn, 

 South Carnlina. in \M"2, and fr somewhat ovor fifty years was prac- 

 tically a lost spccirs, luit proves now to bo a common bird in some 

 parts of iU range. Its rrdisoivrry nnir Churlcstou l>y Mr. A. T. Wayne 

 and Mr. Hrcwster is n-n muted by the latter in an article* which ade- 

 quately portrays the bird, its habits and haunts. It lives on and near 

 the ground, and, areordiu^' to Mr. Brewster's experiem-e. four things 

 seem indispensable to it> existence "water, tangled thickets, patches 

 of cane, and a rank growth of semi-aquatic plants/' Its song, which 

 is highly ventriliMjuial, i- il."M-ril>ed by the same author as "a series of 

 clear, ringing whistles, the first four uttered rather slowly and in the 

 same key, the remaining five or six given more rapidly, and in an 

 evenly descending scale. ... In general effect it recalls the song of 

 the Water Thru.-h i.SVu/n/.s mn;l>oriireniti). It is very loud, very rich, 

 very beaut iful, while it has an indescribable tender quality that thrills 

 the senses after the sound has ceased." 



639. Helmitheru* vermivorua ///./. . W o it v EATING WARBLER. 



\ Murk line t'n>m tin- < \c t-> the nape, ami two on the crown 



her nitttril; un '>li\<'-l.ut!y line \vr fitlu-r eye, and a third throiitrh 



the <! nt. r i >f the emwii; haok, wiiiifs, and tail olivc-grtfii without white; 



under i-nrt-H whitwh creum-luitr, whiter on the thrut un.l Ix-lly. I.., .V."l ; \V., 



.T"; '1 



.i-trrn t'nite.1 States; KreeiU fp>in the (Sulf States nortli to 

 Koiitliern Illinois un.l tMnitlu-ni Coiineetieut ; winters in the tmj>n>. 



.inirtoii, .juite eoinnion S. H., A pi. '-'s to Sept. Sinir Sine, foiiimon 

 May 7 to Aug. 28. Cambridge, A. V., one in*tutn-e, Sept. 



-. and bark, on the ground. Eggt^ four to ix, white, 

 peckled, |x>tt-.l, or hlotolieil with cinnamon- or rufou*- brown, -8 x -54. 



The Auk. U. 1H8, pp. fl&-80 ; nee abw Ibid., pp. SM-M8, and atoo Perry, Orn. 

 and 001., zi, I860, p. 186 ; xll, 1887, p. 141. 



