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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 8-No. 11 



Southern States and the last two withdraw 

 entirely from our country. All nest regu- 

 larly in British America and more or less 

 frequently in the northern tier of States. 

 The Nashville Warbler was seen by (30) 

 only on 5-2, and by (52) for the first time 

 5-10. Only five birds were seen before 

 5-19, then they were more common for a 

 few days and the last left 5-26. The 

 Orange-crowned is comparatively rare east 

 of the Mississippi River. It does occur in 

 both Illinois and Wisconsin, but was not 

 seen this year by either (30) or (52.) The 

 only note is from (57) of one seen 5-14, 

 but it migrates at the same time or a little 

 earlier than the Nashville and Tennessee 

 and is sometimes found in their company. 

 The Tennessee Warbler is much more 

 common. Indeed, the banks of Mississippi 

 seem to be its favorite Spring route. They 

 reached (30) 4-25 and ("21) 5-14. They 

 W'Cre very numerous at (30) from 5-3 to 

 5-18. By 5-24 the last one was gone. 

 No. (52) found some females 5-17, but no 

 males until 5-22. The other two Warblers 

 are among the last to migrate, and their 

 passage is usually rather rapid. The 

 Black-capped Yellow reached (21) on 5-8, 

 (30) 5-9, and were most numerous there 

 5-14 to 5-18, the last one leaving 5-21. 

 At (52) one was seen 5-12, and no more 

 until 5-20. The height of the season was 

 5-21, and the last one 5-29. The Canadian 

 Fly-catching Warbler was obsei-ved only at 

 (52,) where it appeared 5-14 and left 5-24, 

 and at (52) where the first one was seen 

 5-24 and the last 5-29. Nearly all the rest 

 of the Warblers can be considered to- 

 gether. They are the Blue-winged Yellow, 

 {H. pinus,) the Golden-winged, (IT. chrys 

 optera,) the Blue Yellow-backed, (P. amer- 

 icana,) the Cerulean, (7>. Cmrulea,) and 

 the Mourning Warbler, {G. Philadelphia.) 

 But few notes have been contributed on 

 these species, which are, as a whole, rather 

 southerly. All are handsome and one, the 

 Blue Yellow-backed, is the smallest of our 

 Warblers. All winter beyond our borders 



except a few of the Blue-winged Yellow 

 and the Blue Yellow-backed, that linger 

 behind in Florida. The Blue-winged Yel- 

 low and the Golden- winged breed regularly 

 from the Gulf to Northern Illinois, and 

 casually to Minnesota, and a few of the 

 latter to British America. They were seen 

 only by (30) who found a few of the former 

 in song 4-17, and of the latter, which is 

 not common anywhere, a fine male in song 

 was seen 5-2, and both male and female 

 were seen on the 14th and 15th of May. 

 The Blue Yellow-backed made its appear- 

 ance at (30) 4-17, and remains to breed, 

 from a little south of St. Louis to British 

 America. It reached (41) 5-3. No. (52) 

 saw it the next day, and the next day it 

 was (57.) The Cerulean Warbler, although 

 breeding over the whole of the Mississippi 

 Valley was seen only by (35) who reports 

 it on 4-11. Among the rather rare War- 

 blers mav be counted the Mourning War- 

 bler, whose retiring habits make it difficult 

 to find at any place. It breeds regularly 

 to SoiTthern Wisconsin, and occasionally to 

 Middle Minnesota. It was first seen by 

 (30) 5-16 and three days later at (52) where 

 for the species it was quite abundant, hav- 

 ing been seen more than a dozen times in 

 as many different places. 



There remains to be treated only three 

 Warblers, and those all well known. They 

 are the Chestnut-sided Warbler, {D. penn- 

 sylvanica,) the Black and White Creeper, 

 {3L varia,) and the Maryland Yellow- 

 throat, (6r. trichas.) Of these the first 

 entirely leaves the United States ^or the 

 Winter ; the second almost folloAvs its ex- 

 ample, a few remaining in Florida and 

 some may remain even farther north, as 

 (13) found it in December ; but the last is 

 a common Winter resident of all the South- 

 ern States. While the first does not stop 

 to nest luitil Northern Illinois is reached, 

 the other two nest from the Gulf north- 

 ward. All three reacli British America. 



The Chestnut-sided Warbler reached 

 (30) on 4-27, when an old male was seen. 



