214 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



ber 9, but there is a record from New Haven, September 24, 

 1903. At the end of the month none were found in the 

 peninsula. 



*638. Helinaia swainsonii Aud. Swainson's Warbler. 



Sylvia swainsonii. Hdonaea swainsoni. Helmitherus swainsoni. 



Geog. Dist. — Southeastern United States, north to Virginia, 

 southwestern Indiana, southwestern Missouri and west to Texas. 

 In winter to Cuba, Jamaica and Central America to Panama. 



In Missouri thus far only found as a summer resident on the 

 so-called islands in the St. Francis basin in Dunklin Co., but re- 

 search will probably reveal its occurrence as a not rare summer 

 resident throughout the swampy portions of the southeast, par- 

 ticularly in the section east of Little River, where large cane- 

 brakes occur along our southern state line. Vol 12 of the Auk 

 for 1895 contains an announcement of its discovery in the state 

 under the title: '^ Swainson's Warbler an Inhabitant of the 

 Swampy Woods of Southeastern Missouri," by 0. Widmann 

 (pages 112-117). 



*639. Helmitherus VERMivoRus (Gmel.). Worm-eating Warb- 

 ler. 



Sylvia vermivora. Dacnis vermivora. Helinaia vermivora. Helmintherus 

 vermivorus. Helminthotherus vermivorus. Vermivora pennsylvanica. 

 Worm-eating Swamp Warbler. 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States, north to southern Con- 

 necticut, southeastern New York, Pennsylvania, southern Wis- 

 consin, southeastern Nebraska; breeds throughout its United 

 States range and winters in the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Mex- 

 ico, Yucatan, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama. 



In Missouri a fairly common, and, with the exception of the 

 swampy southeast, a generally distributed summer resident, 

 rarer north and westward, most common in the bluff regions of 

 the southern part of the state, being partial to wooded hilly 

 ground near running water. Mr. Nehrling considered it a rare 

 breeder in Lawrence Co. ; Mr. Scott found it rare at Warrensburg 

 in 1874; Mr. Currier also calls it rare at Keokuk. Mr. Parker 

 found it breeding in Montgomery Co., and we have reports of 

 its occurrence at Boonville by Dr. Hoy, April 22, 1854; at Mt. 

 Carmel by Mrs. Musick, May 20, 1885; at Iberia, Miller Co., 

 April 28, 1902. Mr. B. T. Gault found it to be a common 



