SYLVICOLin.K — TIIK WARHLERS. 293 



Oporornis formosus, liAiiti). 



KENTUCKY WABBLEB. 



? Sylvia wquiiniHiu/ii, ViKll.l,. Ois. Am. Scjit. II, 1SII7, 'Jt!, |)1. Ixxxi, Pciin. (not (>I(1mki,inK 

 Si/h'iii jhrninsd, Wii.s. Am. Oni. Ill, ISll, !<."), \<\. xxv, l'ii{. ;(. — Nrir. ; Atn. Drn. 

 Biog. I, [il. xxxviii. Sii/ricdld fiiniiosn, ,Iaki>. ; Hicii. ; ItuN. ; Max. Mijioiliih-li-s 

 formonii.i, Al'D. Syii. — In. liiril.s Am. II, 1>1. Ixxiv. — Lkmiievk, Av. Culia, 1S50, ;i7. 

 Gi;st>i.Acii, Ciib. ■lour. IStil, U'iti (CuliJi). O/iornnii.i /onimsus, IJaiiii), IJinls N. Am. 

 18iJH, 247 ; Hcv. '218. — Scl.ATKli & Sai.vin, ll)i.s, I, ISnU, 10 (Giiiituiiiiila). 



Other looalitii's cited : .I/c.irv), SiLAlKU. Isthmus I'd itiiiioi, LAWliKNti;. I'cnKjua, Sai.v. 

 C'osld. Jlkd, liAWIt. 



Si". CiiAit. Adult intilc I'lipiT pait.s iiiiil .siiU's daik olivc-irii'i n. ("rowii ami sii|('>< of 

 tliu head, iiicludilig a l,rianj;ular patdi ti'oiii lioliiiid the cvi' down the .side of llic iit'ck, 

 black, till' loatliers of the crown narrowly liiiuilatcd at tip.s with dark a.sh. A line li-om 

 no.strils over the eye and cncirclinj;' i( (except anteriorly), with the entire under part,-*, 

 liri}!;ht yellow. Xo white on the tail. Femnic siiniiar, with less hiaek on the head. Length, 

 ;') inches; wiii}^, 2.'J.">; tail, 2.2."). YituiKj not .seen. 



The adults in autuiuii are exactly the .same as in .s|irinfr. 



IIah. Ea.st,eru Province otrnitcd States, north to \Vashiin;lou and Chicago; west to 

 Repidjlican Fork of Kansas River (Coik.s). 'Cuba, CJuateniala, and Islluuus Panama. Not 

 recorded from West Indies cxeei)t Cuba. 



Habits. The Kent- uky Warl)ler i.s an abuiidaiit species in tlie Southern 

 and Southwcstorn Status, and lias been found, thoiioh more rarely, as far to 

 the north as Southern New York in the east and to Southern Wisconsin in 

 the west. It has also been obtained at Fort Jiiley, in Kansas. Its nest and 

 egys have been procured near Cleveland ')., liy Dr. J. R Kirtland, and also 

 in Chester County, I'enn., by Mr. Nc s. It is a winter inhabitant in 

 Me.xieo, ranama, (Juatemala, and Cu',.i. 



Wilson speaks of havino; met with this bird in abundance from Kentucky to 

 the mouth of the AIississii)pi, everywhere tiuite common, but most esjiecially 

 so in the States of Tennessee and Kentucky. At the Ikilize he several times 

 heard it twitterinjj; among the high r.mk grass of those solitary morasses. 

 lie found it fre(|uenting htw damp woods, and building its ne.st either in the 

 middle of thick tufts of rank grass, in the fork of a low Imsh, or on the 

 ground. The materials of which these nests were made were loose dry 

 giuss, mixed with the ])ith of wood, and lined with hair. He found the eggs 

 from four to six in number, pure white, ajtrinkled with reddish sjieeks. He 

 met with the female sitting u])on her eggs as early sis May. These birds, 

 he adds, tire .seldom seen among high branches, but prefer to frecpient low 

 bushes and canelnake.s. In tluMr habits they are very lively tuid sprigiitly. 

 The song is loud, comprising three notes, tind resendtles (inril/i-fitriif/t-diirc- 

 dle. It makes its appearance in Kentucky from the South about the middle 

 of April, and leaves the regi(jn about New Orleans on the ii])])roaeh of cold 

 weather. Wilson was assured that it never remains there during the winter. 



Wilson characterizes tluise birds as a riickless lighting species, almost 

 always engaged in ])ursuing its feUows. 



