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272-639-(96). Helmitherus vermivorus (Gmel). WORM-EATING WARBLER. 



Rare; " Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties" (A. H. Boies); "Northern Indiana, song 

 very like that of Chipping Sparrow " (A. W. Butler). 



GENUS HELMINTHOPHILA RIDG. 



273-641-(98). Helminthophila pinus (Linn.). BLUE- WINGED WARBLER, BLUE- 

 WINGED YELLOW WARBLER. 



Rare; "summer sojourner" (Gibbs' Birds of Michigan); "very rare in Monroe 

 County, where it is transient, only two ever seen" (Jerome Trombley); "locally distrib- 

 uted " (Dr. M. Gibbs); breeds; nests in May on the ground; eggs four to five; "this and 

 the preceding species are very rare in Northern Indiana" (A. W. Butler); S. E. White 

 took two of these on Mackinac Island July 1, 1889. Helminthophila leucobronchialis 

 (Brewst.), which has been reported from Michigan, (The Auk, Vol, I, pp. 359-363), is 

 now regarded as a hybrid between this and the next species, as I learn from Prof. 

 J. A. Allen. The same is doubtless true of the bird described as Helminthophila 

 gunnii in the Grand Rapids Daily Democrat, June 1, 1879. 



274-642-(lO2). Helminthophila chrysoptera (Linn.). * GOLDEN-WINGED WARB- 

 LER; BLUE GOLDEN -WINGED WARBLER. 



Throughout the state; May to August; "common summer resident in Monroe 

 County" (Jerome Trombley); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "have found nests 

 with four eggs at Plymouth" (J. B. Purdy); breeds; nests in May, on the ground; eggs 

 four to five, rarely six; one of our most beautiful warblers. Dr. M. Gibbs writes me 

 that he has taken many nests in Kalamazoo County; Mr. Davie says that Mr. J. P. 

 Norris has a set of four eggs from Monroe County, Mich., and a set of five from near 

 Detroit (Nests and Eggs of North American Birds, p. 360). 



275-645 (1O6 part). Helminthophiia ruflcapilla (Wils.). * NASHVILLE WARBLER. 

 Rather common; migrant; May; "very common migrant in Lake County, Indiana, 

 and also a rare resident " (Dr. Brayton's Birds of Indiana, p. 105); " often common in 

 Monroe County" (Jerome Trombley); "Mackinac Island, where it breeds" (S. E. 

 White); " common at Iron Mountain " (E. E. Brewster); possibly breeds; nests in June, 

 on the ground; eggs three to five; feeds on insects; beneficial. 



276 646 (1O7). Helminthophila celala (Say). * ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. 



Rare; May and September; migrant; this one is easily mistaken for the last men- 

 tioned species; "Plymouth" (J. B. Purdy); "common but migrant at Ann Arbor" (Dr. 

 A. K. Fisher); reported several times by Dr. Atkins at Locke. 



277-647-(109). Helminthophila peregrina (Wils.). * TENNESSEE WARBLER. 



Not common;" rare in Monroe County " (Jerome Trombley); taken at Plymouth by 

 J. B. Purdy; May and September and October; migrant; "breeds near L'Anse, Upper 

 Peninsula" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); often mistaken for the Nashville Warbler. S. E. 

 White finds this common in late September, and late October at Mackinac Island, 

 where it is also a migrant. 



