174 BIRDS OF OHIO. 



week in May and departs southward about the middle of 

 September. 



239. (641.) HELMINTHOPHILA PINUS (Linn.). 32. 



Blue- winged Warbler. 



Synonyms: Helminthophaga pinus, Sylvia solitaria, Vermivora 



solitaria, Certhia pinus. 



Blue-winged Yellow Warbler, Blue-winged Swamp Warbler. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 163, 182. 



This warbler is tolerably common during the migrations, 

 but is less numerous as a breeding bird over the entire state. 

 Given a wet woods with a fringe of brush and the Blue-wing 

 is pretty certain to be present. One hearing of the curious 

 song is enough to fix it in mind. While the nest is placed 

 near the ground in the grass or rarely low bushes, the birds 

 must usually be looked for in the tree-tops, or at least in the 

 upper branches of the taller trees. If the bird be near the 

 ground it is pretty certain proof of the presence of the nest. 



This warbler reaches northern Ohio during the last week 

 in April, and remains until the middle of September. 



240. (642). HELMINTHOPHILA CHRYSOPTERA (Linn.). 33. 



Golden-winged Warbler. 



Synonyms: Helminthophaga chrysoptera, Sylvia chrysoptera, 



Vermivora chrysoptera, Motacilla chrysoptera. 

 Blue Golden-winged Warbler, Golden-winged Swamp Warb- 

 ler. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 163, 182. 



The distribution of this warbler in Ohio seems to be al- 

 most identical with that of the Worm-eating Warbler, with 

 the exception that it seems to be a little more northern. It 

 has been found in Lorain county a half-dozen times, but 

 is not known to have bred there. It is reported as breeding 

 in Cuyahoga and Ashtabula counties, and is common lo- 

 cally in the southern half of the state. It also nests on the 

 ground, but is not so fond of the tree-tops for a perch. 

 It is unwary, permitting a near approach. Its lazily uttered 

 zee zee zee zee is unlike the song of any other bird, but 

 might be mistaken for an insect. 



