116 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OP MICHIGAN. 



293 672-(132). Dendroica palmarnm (Gmel.). *PALM WARBLER; YELLOW RED - 



POLLED WARBLER; WAG-TAILED WARBLER; TITLARK WARBLER. 

 Very common migrant; May and October; flocks; "occurs at Mackinac Island" 

 (S. E. White); "E. E. Brewster has taken it at Iron Mountain; one of our most 

 common and beautiful migrants. 



294-673^(127). Dendroica discolor (Vieill). PRAIRIE WARBLER. 



"Rare migrant, breeds north of 44 north latitude" (Dr. M, Gibbs); " not observed 

 in Monroe County" (Jerome Trombley); "breeds in Michigan" (Davie); Dr, M. Gibbs 

 writes me that he has taken the eggs; found very common at Mackinac Island by S. E. 

 White who has specimens taken there; Prof. J. A. Allen writes me that this bird does 

 not go north of Central Michigan; Dr. M. Gibbs collected nest and two eggs May 26, 

 1879, in Ottawa County (Bui. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. IV, p. 186). 



GENUS SEIURUS SWAINS. 



Oven Bird, natural size. 



295-6 74-( 135). Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.}. * OVEN BIRD; GOLDEN-CROWNED 



THRUSH; WOOD WAGTAIL. 



Very common; throughout the Southern Peninsnla at least; April to September, 

 rarely to October; "usually seen on the ground" (Prof. J. W. Simmons); "abundant at 

 Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "common in Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties" (A. H. 

 Boies); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); taken at Iron Mountain by E. E. Brewster; 

 breeds; nests in June on the ground, often under log; nest oven-like, hence common 

 name of bird; nests common near marshes about the college; eggs four to six. This 

 bird is retiring and usually found in dense thickets; "sings at all times of night" 

 (Samuels). When we drive this bird from the nest it feigns lameness and flutters 

 away to lure us from its eggs and young. This bird rears very numerous Cow Birds. 



296-675-(136). Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.}. * WATER THRUSH; SMALL-BILLED 



WATER THRUSH; WATER WAGTAIL. 



Rare; migrant; April and May; "rare transient in Kalamazoo County" (Dr. M. 

 Gibbs); "very rare in Kent County, one taken May 9, 1891" (S. E. White); "Keweenaw 

 Point" (Kneeland); "taken in Hillsdale County" (A. H. Boies); "rare in Monroe 

 County " (Jerome Trombley); frequents dense thickets in swamps; "breeds in North- 

 ern Indiana where it is a rare summer resident" (A. W. Butler); nests in June, among 

 roots of turned up trees, in marshes or under stumps, logs, etc.; eggs four to six, 

 delicate cream, densely specked with reddish brown. 



