112 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



GENUS COMPSOTHLYP1S CAB. 



278-648 (93). Compsothlypis americana (Linn.). *PABULA WARBLER; BLUE 



YELLOW-BACKED WARBLER. 



Rare; May and June; "Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties'" (A.H.Boies); "Mack- 

 inac Island" (S. E. White); occasionally breeds; nests in June, in trees, "often in a 

 bunch of lichens " (Dr. A. K. Fisher); nest elaborate; eggs four to five, white with 

 yellowish tinge and specked with brown. " Never found a nest at Plymouth " (J. B. 

 Purdy); "this bird is a transient in Monroe County, where it is becoming very rare'* 



(Jerome Trombley). 



GENCS DENDKOICA GRAY. 



279-65O-(126). Dendroica tigrina (Gmel). CAPE MAY WARBLER. 



Not rare in spring and autumn; " common in Kent County in spring migrations, 

 not rare in autumn; migrant; frequents the orchards and pines" (S. E. White); "see 

 them every year in Kent County from May 7 to May 15, have killed fifteen in one day " 

 (Dudley E. Waters); I have it reported from Thunder Bay Island; " Lenawee County " 

 (A. H. Boies); "Monroe County, very rare, only two seen" (Jerome Trombley); " Mack- 

 mac Island " (S. E. White); in Cabot's list of Birds of Lake Superior; " known to breed 

 near Green Bay, Wisconsin" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein). 



280-652(111 part). Dendroica sestiva (Gruel). * YELLOW WARBLER; YELLOW 



BIRD; SUMMER YELLOW BIRD. 



Our most common resident warbler; April and May to August and Septem- 

 ber; taken at college by A. B. Cook, May 10, 1893, who finds it common; "not 

 observed in Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "taken 

 at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds; nests in 

 May, in thick foliage, in bushes or small trees, especially in willows along streams; 

 nests exquisite; eggs four, occasionally five, yellowish white or greenish gray, specked 

 with brown; J. B. Purdy reports a full set of albino eggs; Forbes found (see report of 

 Michigan Horticultural Society, 1881, p. 204) that 66$ of the food of several birds 

 examined consisted of canker worms. "It feeds extensively on the larvae of elm 

 beetles" (Dr. A. K. Fisher). This is an excellent little bird friend. 



281 -654 -(11 7). Dendroica caerulescens (Gmel). * BLACK - THROATED BLUE 



WARBLER. 



Common; migrant; two pairs taken at college by A. B.Cook May 10, 1893; " Macki- 

 nac Island" (S. E. White); possibly breeds north; "C. W. Gunn found it breeding in 

 Ottawa County" (Dr. M, Gibbs); "migrant in Southern Michigan" (Jerome Trombley); 

 "taken at Iron Mountain in spring" (E. E. Brewster); nests in low brushwood; eggs 

 four to five, rosy white, and like those of most warblers specked with brown. 



Yellow-ramped Warbler, natural size 



