118 AGRICULTURAL, COLLEGE OP MICHIGAN. 



3O1-681-(141 part). Geothlypis trichas (Linn.). * MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT; 



YELLOW-THROATED GROUND WARBLER. 



Very common; throughout the state; May to August; " abundant at Ann Arbor" 

 (Dr. J. B. Steere); "common at DeWitt" (Dr. G. W. Topping); reported from Hillsdale 

 and Lenawee Counties and at Sault Ste. Marie, July 16, 1892, by A. H. Boies, who 

 thinks it breeds in the Northern Peninsula; "common at Mackinac Island" (S. E. 

 White); " common at Iron Mountain " (E. E. Brewster); breeds; " two broods " (Dr. W. C. 

 Brownell); nests from May to July, on the ground or in low thickets; nests often arched 

 over; eggs four to six, clear white specked with reddish dots, though quite variable in 

 size, form and markings; one of our finest singers and justly a favorite. 



GENUS 1CTKRIA VIKILL. 



Yellow-breasted Chat. 



3O2-68iJ-(144). Icteria virens (Linn.). * YELLOW- BREASTED CHAT. 



Exceedingly rare; "occasionally quite common" (Dr. H. A. Atkins); "not observed 

 at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "once in Lenawee County" (A. H. Boies); "formerly 

 nested in Monroe County, not seen since 1881" (Jerome Trombley); May to October; 

 breeds; nests in May and June in bushes; eggs four; song varied and beautiful; "ven- 

 triloquist" (Butler's Birds of Indiana); "this is a southern species" (Prof. J. A. Allen). 



GENUS SYLVANIA NUTT. 



Hooded Warbler, natural size. 



3O;M)84r-(14(>). Syhania mitrata (Gmel). * HOODED WARBLER; HOODED FLY- 

 CATCHING WARBLER. 



Quite common in southern part of State; generally a migrant; May and October; 

 "breeds plentifully south of 42, have taken many nests" (Dr. M. Gibbs); "common 

 but transient in Monroe County" (Jerome Trombley); nests in May in low bushes; 

 "eggs three, often only two" (Gibbs); an elegant bird. 



