WOOD WARBLERS. 



345 



T., 202; 



tcH north 



15. ^'\nn 

 . U., Apl. 



rs, on the 

 c, ttpottml 

 :he laij^er 



this con- 

 'oughout 

 Creeper, 

 I flitting 

 i\ cxanii- 



its thin, 



VVAKBI-En. 



the belly ; 

 ;8 and tail 

 it the tip ; 

 with more 



southern 



a hole in 



■, thickly 



^ii-brown, 



-particu- 

 closely 

 les mis- 

 larks in 

 [nee like 

 Id (led— a 

 put. . . . 

 (g, pena- 

 lty, one 



should float quietly in a canoe past its haunts. Its color shows to best 

 advantage against the dark background of its home, and its every 

 movement is a delight to the eye. 



688. Hellnaia. swaliuonil And. Swainson^a \Vai{bi.i:r. Ad.-' 

 Crown einnaiiion- brown ; !i whitinh line over the eye ; hack, rump, win);i», uiul 

 tail olive ^yrayish brown without white; untler partM woikil yellowirth white, 

 grayer on the sidea. L., 5-00; VV., ii'7i">; T., MtO; B. from N., 4*'>. 



Range. — Southern United States, nortli to North Carolina and Missouri; 

 south in winter to the tropics. 



Next, externally of leaves, lined with pine needles and rootlets, in busiies, 

 canes, palmettos, and clumps of vines, from three to ten feet above the ground 

 or surface of tiic water. I'^(J<Ji*, three to four, white, witli u faint bluieh tinge, 

 •75 X -54 (Davie). 



The history of Swainson's Warbler is very similar to that of Bach- 

 man's Warbler. It was discovered by Dr. Bachman near Charleston, 

 South Carolina, in 18;<2, and for somewhat over fifty years was prac- 

 tically a lost species, but proves now to be a common bird in some 

 parts of its range. Its rediscovery near Charleston by Mr. A. T. Wayno 

 and Mr. Brewster is recounted by the latter in an article * which ade- 

 quately portrays the bird, its habits and haunts. It lives on and near 

 the ground, and, according to Mr. Brewster's experience, f»)ur things 

 seem indispensable to its existence — " water, tangled thickets, patches 

 of cane, and a rank growth of semi-aquatic i)lant.s." Its song, which 

 is highly ventriloquial, is described by the same author as "a series of 

 clear, ringing whistles, the first four uttered rather slowly and iti the 

 same key, the rcuuiining five or six given nu)re rapidly, and in an 

 evenly descending scale. . . . lu general effect it recalls the song r " 

 the Water Thrush {Seiurns noveboniceiisi's). It is very loud, very rich, 

 very beautiful, while it has an indescribable tender quality that thrills 

 the senses after the sound has ceased." 



639. Helmltherus vermivorus ( Omd.). TVorm-eatino Wakbler. 

 (Fig. 94.) Ad. — A black line from the eye to the nape, and two on the crown 

 from either nostril; an olive-butty Hue over either eye, and a third throuifh 

 the center of the crown; back, win>,'s, and tail olive-green without white; 

 under parts whitish cream-butf, whiter on the throat and belly. L., 551 ; NV., 

 2-78 ; T., 2-05 ; B. from T,., -39. 



^a«^€.— Eastern United States; breeds from the Gulf States north to 

 southern Illinois and southern Connecticut; winters in the tropics. 



Washiutrton, quite conuiion S. K., Apl. 28 to Sept. Sing Slug, coumion 

 S. R., May 7 to Aug. 23. Cambridge, A. V., one instance, Sept. 



A't'.v^, of rootlets, leaves, and bark, on the ground. AV/f/s, four to six, white, 

 >,peckled, spotted, or blotcheil with eiuuumon- or rufou.s-brown, "08 x -54. 



* The Auk, ii. 1885, pp. 65-80 ; see also ibid., pp. 346-348, and also Perry, Om. 

 and OOl., xi, 1886, p. 188 ; xii, 1887, p. 141. 



