52 BIRDS OF KANSAS. 



B. 183. R. 85. C. 106. G. 36. U. 645. 



275. Helminthophila ruficapilla (WILS.). Nashville Warbler. Migratory; 

 rare. Arrive the last of April to first of May. 



B. 184. R. 86. C. 107. G. 37. U. 646. 



276. Helminthophila celata (SAY). Orange-crowned Warbler. Migratory; 

 common. Arrive the last of April to first of May. 



B. 185. R. 87. C. 109. G. 38. U. 647. 



277. Helminthophila peregrina (WILS.). Tennessee Warbler. Migratory; 

 common. Arrive the last of April to first of May. 



GENUS COMPSOTHLYPIS CABANIS. 



B. 168. R. 88. C. 93. G. 39. U. 648. 



278. Compsothlypis americana (LINN.). Parma Warbler. Migratory; com- 

 mon. Arrive the last of April to first of May. I noticed a pair in the latter 

 part of July, 1879, feeding young birds in the tree-tops, near Neosho Falls; in 

 flight not strong enough to have come far, and I am inclined to think the birds 

 occasionally breed in the State. 



GENUS DENDBOICA GBAY. 

 SUBGENUS DENDROICA GRAY. 



B. 203. R. 93. C. 111. G. 40. U. 652. 



279. Dendroica sestiva (GMEL.). Yellow Warbler. Summer resident; abun- 

 dant. Arrive in April. Begin laying about the middle of May. Nest in small 

 trees and bushes, giving preference to orchards and shrubbery in gardens, a 

 neatly constructed nest of fibrous strippings, and a cotton-like substance from 

 plants, and lined sparingly with fine grasses, hairs, and now and then a feather. 

 Eggs, four or five; .65x.50; bluish white, with specks and blotches of brown, 

 umber and lilac, irregularly scattered over the eggs, thickest around large 

 end; in form oval. 



B. 194. R. 95. C. 119. G. 41. U. 655. 



280. Dendroica coronata (LINN.). Myrtle Warbler. An occasional winter so- 

 journer; in migration abundant. Leave in April. 



B. 195. R. 96. C. 120. G. 42. U. 656. 



281. Dendroica auduboni (TOWNS.). Audubon's Warbler. In western Kansas; 

 migratory; not uncommon. Arrive early in the spring. 



B. 204. R. 97. C. 125. G. 43. U. 657. 



282. Dendroica maculosa (GMEL.). Magnolia Warbler. Migratory; rare. Ar- 

 rive the first of May. 



B. 201. R. 98. C. 118. G. 44. U. 658. 



283. Dendroica cserulea (W T ILS.). Cerulean Warbler. Summer resident; rare; 

 in migration common. Arrive the first of May. Inhabit and nest in the tree 

 tops on the timbered bottom lands. Begin laying the last of May. Nest 

 usually placed on the forks of small branches, twenty to sixty feet from the 



